Durgadas Bauri

[1] He was the son of Yugal Chandra Bauri.

[1] Mahata contested the Raghunathpur constituency seat in the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 8,282 votes (28.36)%).

[2] The following year he won the Raghunathpur seat in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 13,846 votes (50.66%).

[3] Bauri lost the Raghunathpur seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, finishing in fourth place with 6,159 votes (18.51%).

[4] In the 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election he finished in second place in Raghunathpur, obtaining 18,935 votes (31.64%).