Purna Chandra Bauri (born 4 June 1976) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a former member of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

from Raghunathpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in

Purulia district Purulia district () is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- Adra, Manbazar ...

. He was elected in the

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the ''Vidhan Sabha'' in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. ...

representing the

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Early life and education

Bauri is from Raghunathpur, Purulia district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Gopinath Bauri. He studied Class 12 at Bhamuria SM High School and passed the

Madhyamik Madhyamik Pariksha or simply Madhyamik is a centralized examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in West Bengal, India, at the end of the 10th year of school education. Similarly, one examination is also conducted at ...

examinations conducted by

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. His wife is a para teacher.

Career

Bauri was elected as an MLA from Raghunathpur Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 83,688 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Satyanarayan Bauri of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

, by a margin of 16,142 votes. He first became an MLA winning the

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 Ap ...

where he polled 78,096 votes, and defeated his closest opponent, Dipali Bauri of the Communist Party, by a margin of 12,743 votes. Earlier in the 2006 Assembly election, he contested on the Trinamool Congress ticket and lost to Communist Party candidate Uma Rani Bauri.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauri, Purna Chandra 1976 births Living people Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal People from Purulia district West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021