Durgadas Bauri was an Indian politician, belonging to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He was born on January 15, 1942, in Raghunathpur. He was the son of Yugal Chandra Bauri. He went to school at Godi Bero High School. Mahata contested the Raghunathpur constituency seat in the

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election. Parties and coalitions Ahead of the 1971 election the map of party coalitions was r ...

, finishing in second place with 8,282 votes (28.36)%).Election Commission of India.
West Bengal 1971
' The following year he won the Raghunathpur seat in the

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972. Background The election was the 4th assembly election in West Bengal within six years. President's Rule had been introduced soon after the 1971 West ...

, obtaining 13,846 votes (50.66%).Election Commission of India.
West Bengal 1972
' Bauri lost the Raghunathpur seat in the

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977. The polls took place after the ousting of Indira Gandhi's government at the Centre. The Left Front won a landslide victory. The 1977 election marked th ...

, finishing in fourth place with 6,159 votes (18.51%).Election Commission of India.
West Bengal 1977
' In the

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1982. The Left Front, which had won the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, emerged victoriously. The Indian National Congress emerged as the main oppo ...

he finished in second place in Raghunathpur, obtaining 18,935 votes (31.64%). Bauri died in 2003.

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{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly4 1942 births 2003 deaths Indian National Congress politicians West Bengal MLAs 1972–1977