Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency

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Raiganj
WB-5
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesIslampur
Goalpokhar
Chakulia
Karandighi
Hemtabad
Kaliaganj
Raiganj
Established1962-present
Total electors1,387,526[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Raiganj in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency are in Uttar Dinajpur district.

Most Successful parties from Raiganj Lok Sabha

  Indian National Congress (10 times) (58.82%)
  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4 times) (23.53%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (11.76%)
  Janata Party (1 time) (5.89%)

Assembly segments

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Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 5 Raiganj is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]

No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
29 Islampur Uttar Dinajpur Abdul Karim Chowdhury TMC TMC
30 Goalpokhar Md. Ghulam Rabbani TMC TMC
31 Chakulia Minhajul Arfin Azad TMC INC
32 Karandighi Goutam Pal TMC BJP
33 Hemtabad (SC) Satyajit Burman TMC BJP
34 Kaliaganj (SC) Soumen Roy BJP BJP
35 Raiganj Krishna Kalyani TMC BJP

Members of Parliament

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Year Name[3] Party
1962 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress
1967
1971 Siddharta Shankar Ray
1972^ Maya Ray
1977 Md. Hayat Ali Janata Party
1980 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996
1998
1999 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress
2004
2009 Deepa Dasmunsi
2014 Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019 Debasree Chaudhuri Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Kartick Chandra Paul

^ denotes by-elections

Election results

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General election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kartick Chandra Paul 560,897 40.99 Increase0.91
AITC Krishna Kalyani 4,92,700 36.00 Increase0.68
INC Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 2,63,273 19.24 Increase12.69
NOTA None of the above 1,940 0.14
Majority 68,197 4.99 Increase0.25
Turnout 13,68,471 76.18 Decrease3.64
BJP hold Swing

General election 2019

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2019 Indian general election: Raiganj[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 511,652 40.08 Increase21.76
AITC Kanaia Lal Agarwal 4,51,078 35.32 Increase17.93
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 1,83,039 14.25 Decrease14.75
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 83,662 6.55 Decrease21.95
Majority 60,574 4.74
Turnout 12,78,076 79.82
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase18.26

General election 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Raiganj[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 317,515 29.00 −9.93
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 3,15,881 28.50 −21.79
BJP Nimu Bhowmik 2,03,131 18.32 +14.14
AITC Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi 1,92,634 17.39 +17.39
SP Sudip Ranjan Sen 32,303 2.91
SUCI(C) Dulal Rajbanshi 8,592 0.78
BSP Swapan Kumar Das 5,629 0.51
Independent Subrata Adhikary 5,548 0.50
JDP Bablu Soren 5,544 0.50
AAP Pasarul Alam 3,614 0.33
AIUDF Zameerul Hasan 3,471 0.31
AMB Nandakishor Singha 3,338 0.30
NOTA None of the above 10,929 0.99 −−−
Majority 1,634 0.15 −11.56
Turnout 11,08,193 79.87
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing -20.82

General election 2009

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General Election, 2009: Raiganj[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Deepa Dasmunsi 451,776 50.29
CPI(M) Bireswar Lahiri 346,573 38.58
BJP Gopesh Chandra Sarkar 37,645 4.19
Independent Abdul Karim Chowdhary 18,427 2.05
Independent Manas Jana 10,426 1.16
BSP Akhil Ranjan Mondal 7,592 0.85
RDMP Faiz Rahaman 7,834 0.87
CPI(ML)L Suleman Hafiji 4,316 0.48
Independent Upendra Nath Das 4,157 0.46
Independent Anil Biswas 3,844 0.43
Independent Nachhir Ali Pramanik 3,212 0.36
JD(U) Matiur Rahman 2,597 0.29
Majority 1,05,203
Turnout 8,98,399 81.05
INC hold Swing

Abdul Karim Chowdhary, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.

General election 2004

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General Election, 2004: Raiganj[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 421,904 46.20
CPI(M) Minati Ghosh 382,757 41.90
AITC Dr. Zainal Abedin 57,931 6.30
BSP Anil Biswas 11,205 1.20
CPI(ML)L Ajit Das 11,154 1.20
Independent Subrata Adhikary 9,914 1.10
Independent Sukamal Biswas 9,624 1.10
NCP Achintya Tarafdar 7,037 0.80
Independent Ashis Saha 6,056 0.70
Turnout 9,13,637 79.6
INC hold Swing

By-election 1972

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A by-election was held in this constituency in 1972 which was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MP Siddhartha Shankar Ray and his subsequent election to the State Assembly from the Maldaha Assembly constituency. In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival S.K.Niyogi of United Front Supported Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes, thus breaking the record of Siddhartha Shankar Ray who had won the seat in 1971 by 64,007 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1972: Raiganj constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Maya Ray 149,375 93.3
Independent S.K.Niyogi 5,751 3.59
Independent Md. Salimuddin 4,979 3.11
Majority 143,624 89.71
Turnout 1,60,105
INC hold Swing

General election 1971

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General Election, 1971: Raiganj[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Siddhartha Shankar Ray 147,360 47.30
CPI(M) Subodh Sen 83,353 41.90
AIFB Nirmal Kumar Basu 34,956 11.20
NC(O) Muzaffar Hussain 18,962 6.10
PSP Md. Salimuddin 12,786 4.10
Turnout 9,13,637 79.6
Majority 64,007 (20.5%)
INC hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Raiganj Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  4. ^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  7. ^ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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