Raipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Raipur is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Raipur
Constituency No. 250 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Raipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency	Bankura
Established	1951
Total electors	178,267
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mrityunjoy Murmu
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 250 Raipur Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Raipur and Sarenga community development blocks.^[1]

Raipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Jadu Nath Murmu		Independent politician
	Jatindra Nath Basu		Indian National Congress
1957	Jadu Nath Murmu
	Sudha Rani Dutta
1962	Sudha Rani Dutta
1967	Bhabatosh Saren		Bangla Congress
1969
1971	Babulal Saren		Jharkhand Party
1972	Maniklal Besra		Communist Party of India
1977	Apindra Kisku		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	Upen Kisku
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016	Birendra Nath Tudu		All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Mrityunjoy Murmu

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mrityunjoy Murmu	101,043	51.96	+1.29
	BJP	Shudhansu Hansda	81,645	41.98	+33.90
	ISF	Milan Mandi	6,593	3.39
	NOTA	None of the above	2,986	1.54	−0.27
	Independent	Sukchand Saren	1,161	0.60
	SUCI(C)	Shyampada Mudi	1,048	0.54
Turnout			194,476
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Raipur (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Birendra Nath Tudu	89,841	50.67	+6.41
	CPI(M)	Dilip Kumar Hansda	63,119	35.60	−8.78
	BJP	Shudhansu Hansda	14,332	8.08
	NOTA	None of the above	3,215	1.81
	JMM	Chunaram Saren	2,769	1.56
	Independent	Dulal Saren	1,740	0.98
	CPI(ML)L	Kandan Mandi	1,552	0.88
	BMP	Kalipada Hembram	754	0.43
Turnout			177,322	86.70	−0.62
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raipur^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Upen Kisku	69,008	44.38	−10.34
	AITC	Pramila Murmu	68,826	44.26	+9.11
	JMM	Kshetra Mohan Hansda	7,776
	BJP	Pelaram Murmu	3,770
	Independent	Sukchand Saren	3,501
	Independent	Jnanada Mandi	1,501
	Independent	Dhirendranath Mandi	1,050
	JVM(P)	Parisritosh Saren	658
Turnout			155,490	87.22
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-19.45

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections, Upen Kisku of CPI(M) won the Raipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bibhabati Tudu of Trinamool Congress, Kshetra Mohan Hansda, Independent, Smritirekha Kisku of Congress, Aditya Kisku, Independent, and Bhabaosh Saren of Congress (two consecutive elections), respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Apindra Kisku of CPI(M) defeated Gangadhar Murmu of Congress in 1977.^[5]

1952-1972

Maniklal Besra of CPI won in 1972. Babulal Saren of Jharkhand Party won in 1971. Bhabatosh Saren of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Sudha Rani Dutta of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1952 Raipur had dual/ joint seats. Jadu Nath Murmu and Sudha Rani Dutta, both of Congress, won in 1957. Jadu Nath Murmu, Independent, and Jatindra Nath Basu of Congress, won in independent India's first election in 1952.^[6]