Saltora Assembly constituency

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

Saltora
Constituency No. 247 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Saltora Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency	Bankura
Established	2011
Total electors	188,583
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chandana Bauri
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 247 Saltora Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Saltora and Mejia community development blocks; Banasuria, Barashal, Lachhmanpur and Latiaboni gram panchayats of Gangajalghati community development block.^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Members[2]	Party
2011	Swapan Bauri	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Swapan Bauri	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Chandana Bauri	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Chandana Bauri of BJP defeated her nearest rival, Sontosh Kumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Saltora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandana Bauri	91,648	45.28	+37.13
	AITC	Sontosh Kumar Mondal	87,503	43.23	−2.97
	CPI(M)	Nandadulal Bauri	14,084	6.96	−29.43
	NOTA	None of the above	3,363	1.66	−0.95
	BMP	Aditya Kumar Bauri	3,554	1.76	+0.53
	SUCI(C)	Dipen Bauri	2,261	1.12	−0.10
Turnout			202,413	90.16	+3.79
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Swapan Bauri of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Sasthi Charan Bauri of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Saltora (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Bauri	84,979	46.20	−4.40
	CPI(M)	Sasthi Charan Bauri	72,456	39.39	−3.43
	BJP	Snehasis Mondal	14,991	8.15	+1.57
	NOTA	None of the above	4,801	2.61
	BMP	Dipak Kumar Bhuiya	2,260	1.23
	SUCI(C)	Dipen Bauri	2,237	1.22
	Independent	Mahananda Maji	2,214	1.20
Turnout			183,938	86.37	−0.19
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Swapan Bauri of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Sasthi Charan Bauri of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Saltora (SC)^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Swapan Bauri	82,597	50.60	+11.43#
	CPI(M)	Sasthi Charan Bauri	69,900	42.82	−16.29
	BJP	Mangal Chandra Mandal	10,741	6.58
Turnout			163,238	86.56
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	27.72#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006, for the now defunct Gangajalghati constituency.