Raiganj Assembly constituency

Raiganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Raiganj
Constituency No. 35 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyRaiganj
Established1951
Total electors198,780
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 35 Raiganj Assembly constituency covers Raiganj municipality, and Bahin, Maraikup, Gouri, Kamalabati I and Kamalabati II gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.[1]

Raiganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMLAParty
Raiganj constituency
1951Shyama Prasad BarmanIndian National Congress
Ghulam Hamidur Rahman
1957Haji Badruddin Ahmed
Shyama Prasad Barman
1962Ramendranath Dutta
1967NN KunduPraja Socialist Party
1969Manash RoyCommunist Party of India
1971Ramendranath DuttaIndian National Congress
1972
1977Khagendra Nath SinhaCommunist Party of India
1982Dipendra BarmanIndian National Congress
1987Khagendra Nath SinhaCommunist Party of India
1991
1996Dilip Kumar DasIndian National Congress
2001Chittaranjan Roy
2006
2011Mohit Sengupta
2016
2021Krishna KalyaniBharatiya Janata Party
2024^Trinamool Congress
  • ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Raiganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCKrishna Kalyani 86,479 57.97 21.39
BJPManas Kumar Ghosh36,40224.4 25.04
INCMohit Sengupta23,11615.5 4.84
NOTANone of the above1,7101.15 0.38
Majority50,07733.57 20.71
Turnout1,49,18371.99
AITC gain from BJPSwing

2024 General elections

2024 Indian General Election: Rajganj Assembly constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±% (2019)±% (2021)
BJPKartick Paul93,40258.42 2.72 8.98
AITCKrishna Kalyani46,66329.19 1.49 7.39
INCAli Imran Ramz14,4779.06 2.56 1.43
NOTANone of the Above3270.2 0.2 1.06
Others4,9823.12 6.98 0.64
Majority46,739
Turnout1,59,851
BJP holdSwing

2021

In the 2021 election, Krishna Kalyani of BJP defeated his nearest rival Kanaia Lal Agarwal of AITC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raiganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPKrishna Kalyani 79,775 49.44 +40.75
AITCKanaia Lal Agarwal59,02736.58+11.95
INCMohit Sengupta17,19810.66-48.32
NOTANone of the above2,4681.53+0.20
IndependentRaju Paul1,3610.84
Majority
Turnout1,61,347
BJP gain from INCSwing

2016

In the 2016 election, Mohit Sengupta of INC defeated his nearest rival Purnendu Dey of AITC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raiganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCMohit Sengupta 87,983 58.98 +9.29
AITCPurnendu Dey (Bablu)36,73624.63
BJPPradip Sarkar12,9618.69+6.28
SPArun Chandra Dey6,1544.13-41.29
NOTANone of the above1,9851.33
Majority
Turnout1,49,16883.39-1.34
INC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raiganj constituency[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCMohit Sengupta 62,864 49.69 +2.99
SPKiranmoy Nanda57,45545.42
BJPSachindra Nath Das3,0532.41
IndependentManjit Mandal1,064
SUCISanatan Dutta750
BSPSwapan Kumar Das734
IPFBAnindya Ganguly586
Turnout126,50684.73
INC holdSwing

2006

In the 2006 election, Chittaranjan Roy of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Kumar Das of Nationalist Congress Party.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Raiganj constituency[2][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCChittaranjan Roy 77,789 49.69 +2.99
NCPDilip Kumar Das62,02945.42
BJPNimai Kabiraj10,6602.41
IndependentSubhas Barman3813
IndependentNaresh Chandra Barman2909
CPI(ML)LAjit Kumar Das2772
IndependentBhajagobinda Barman1158
IndependentBinoy Kumar Mallick1713
BSPNagendra Nath Sarkar1404
SPHaradeb Kumar Barman1094
Turnout126,50684.73
INC holdSwing

.# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006[5] and 2001 state assembly elections[6] Chittaranjan Roy of Congress won the 35 Raiganj Assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dilip Kumar Das of NCP and Harinarayan Roy of CPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996.[7] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991[8] and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987.[9] Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982.[10] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of Janata Party in 1977.[11][12]

1951–1972

Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1972[13] and 1971.[14] Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969.[15] N.N.Kundu of PSP won in 1967.[16] Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1962.[17] In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won in 1957.[18] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.[19]

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