Raiganj Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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 | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Raiganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 174,464 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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
| Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raiganj constituency | |||
| 1952 | Shyama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| Ghulam Hamidur Rahman | |||
| 1957 | Haji Badruddin Ahmed | ||
| Shyama Prasad Barman | |||
| 1962 | Ramendranath Dutta | ||
| 1967 | NN Kundu | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Manash Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Ramendranath Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Dipendra Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Dilip Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Chittaranjan Roy | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Mohit Sengupta | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Krishna Kalyani | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024^ | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2026 | Koushik Chowdhury | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Koushik Chowdhury | 105,561 | 64.05 |  14.61 | |
| AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 46,920 | 28.47 |  8.11 | |
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 4,386 | 2.66 | 8.0 | |
| CPI(M) | Jibananda Singha | 3,787 | 2.3 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,654 | 1.0 | 0.53 | |
| Majority | 58,641 | 35.58 | 22.72 | ||
| Turnout | 164,804 | 94.46 | 13.29 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2024 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 86,479 | 57.97 | 21.39 | |
| BJP | Manas Kumar Ghosh | 36,402 | 24.40 | 25.04 | |
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 23,116 | 15.50 | 4.84 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,710 | 1.15 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | 50,077 | 33.57 | 20.71 | ||
| Turnout | 1,49,183 | 71.99 | | ||
| AITC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2021
In the 2021 election, Krishna Kalyani of BJP defeated his nearest rival Kanaia Lal Agarwal of AITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Krishna Kalyani | 79,775 | 49.44 | 40.75 | |
| AITC | Agarwal Kanaia Lal | 59,027 | 36.58 | ||
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 17,198 | 10.66 | 48.32 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,468 | 1.53 | ||
| Majority | 20,748 | 12.86 | |||
| Turnout | 161,347 | 81.17 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
In the 2016 election, Mohit Sengupta of INC defeated his nearest rival Purnendu Dey of AITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 87,983 | 58.98 | +9.29 | |
| AITC | Purnendu Dey (Bablu) | 36,736 | 24.63 | ||
| BJP | Pradip Sarkar | 12,961 | 8.69 | +6.28 | |
| SP | Arun Chandra Dey | 6,154 | 4.13 | −41.29 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,985 | 1.33 | ||
| Majority | 51,247 | 34.35 | |||
| Turnout | 1,49,168 | 83.39 | −1.34 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 62,864 | 49.69 | +2.99 | |
| SP | Kiranmoy Nanda | 57,455 | 45.42 | ||
| BJP | Sachindra Nath Das | 3,053 | 2.41 | ||
| Independent | Manjit Mandal | 1,064 | |||
| SUCI | Sanatan Dutta | 750 | |||
| BSP | Swapan Kumar Das | 734 | |||
| IPFB | Anindya Ganguly | 586 | |||
| Turnout | 126,506 | 84.73 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2006
In the 2006[6] and 2001 state assembly elections[7] 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 involved multiple contestants but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996.[8] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991[9] and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987.[10] Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982.[11] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of Janata Party in 1977.[12][13]
1972
Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969.[16] N.N.Kundu of PSP won in 1967.[17] Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1962.[18] In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won in 1957.[19] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.[20]