Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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
  1. Indian National Congress (10 times) (58.8%)
  2. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4 times) (23.5%)
  3. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (11.8%)
  4. Bharatiya Lok Dal (1 time) (5.89%)

CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesIslampur
Goalpokhar
Chakulia
Karandighi
Hemtabad
Kaliaganj
Raiganj
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Raiganj
WB-5
Lok Sabha constituency
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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
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024
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Assembly segments

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 West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 5 Raiganj is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]

More information #, Name ...
# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
29 Islampur Uttar Dinajpur Kanaia Lal Agarwal AITC AITC
30 Goalpokhar Md. Ghulam Rabbani
31 Chakulia Minhajul Arfin Azad INC
32 Karandighi Biraj Biswas BJP BJP
33 Hemtabad (SC) Haripada Barman
34 Kaliaganj (SC) Utpal Brahmacharo
35 Raiganj Koushik Chowdhury
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Members of Parliament

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

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 40.99%
2019
 
 40.06%
2014
 
 28.65%
2009
 
 50.29%
2004
 
 45.98%
1999
 
 46.74%
1998
 
 39.76%
1996
 
 43.79%
1991
 
 41.85%
1989
 
 45.64%
1984
 
 48.39%
1980
 
 41.86%
1977
 
 56.08%
1972 (by-poll)
 
 93.30%
1971
 
 49.55%
1967
 
 26.96%
1962
 
 42.51%

2024

More information Party, Candidate ...
2024 Indian general election: Raiganj[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kartick Chandra Paul 560,897 40.99 Increase0.93
AITC Krishna Kalyani 492,700 36.00 Increase0.68
INC Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) 263,273 19.24 Increase12.69
BSP Swapan Kumar Das 4,117 0.30
NOTA None of the Above 1,940 0.14 Decrease0.94
IND 10 Independent Candidates 36,193 2.64
OTH 6 Other Party Candidates 9,351 0.68
Majority 68,197 4.99 Increase0.25
Turnout 1,368,471 76.18 Decrease3.64
BJP hold Swing
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2019

More information Party, Candidate ...
2019 Indian general election: Raiganj[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 511,652 40.06 Increase21.73
AITC Kanaia Lal Agarwal 451,078 35.32 Increase17.93
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 182,035 14.25 Decrease14.40
INC Deepa Dasmunsi 83,662 6.55 Decrease21.95
NOTA None of the Above 13,749 1.08 Increase0.09
IND 5 Independent Candidates 20,151 1.58
OTH 5 Other Party Candidates 14,782 1.16
Majority 60,574 4.74 Increase4.59
Turnout 1,278,076 79.82 Decrease0.05
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing
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2014

More information Party, Candidate ...
2014 Indian general election: Raiganj[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 317,515 28.65 Decrease9.93
INC Deepa Dasmunsi 315,881 28.50 Decrease21.79
BJP Nimu Bhowmick 203,131 18.33 Increase14.14
AITC Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi 192,698 17.39
SP Sudiip Ranjan Sen 32,303 2.91
NOTA None of the Above 10,929 0.99
SUCI Dulal Rajbanshi 8,592 0.78
BSP Swapan Kumar Das 5,629 0.51 Decrease0.34
IND 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
Majority 1,634 0.15 Decrease11.56
Turnout 1,108,193 79.87 Decrease1.18
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing
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2009

More information Party, Candidate ...
2009 Indian general election: Raiganj[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Deepa Dasmunsi 451,776 50.29 Increase4.31
CPI(M) Bireswar Lahiri 346,573 38.58 Decrease3.13
BJP Gopesh Chandra Sarkar 37,645 4.19
IND Abdul Karim Chowdhury[a] 18,427 2.05
IND Manas Jana 10,426 1.16
RDMP Faiz Rahaman 7,834 0.87
BSP Akhil Ranjan Mondal 7,592 0.85 Decrease0.37
CPI(ML)L Suleman Hafiji 4,316 0.48 Decrease0.74
IND Upendra Nath Das 4,157 0.46
IND Anil Biswas 3,844 0.43
IND Nachhir Ali Pramanik 3,212 0.36
JD(U) Matiur Rahman 2,597 0.29
Majority 105,203 11.71 Increase7.44
Turnout 898,399 81.05
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing
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2004

More information Party, Candidate ...
2004 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 421,904 45.98 Decrease0.76
CPI(M) Minati Ghosh 382,757 41.71 Increase3.56
AITC Dr. Abedin Zainal 57,931 6.31 Decrease6.26
BSP Anil Biswas 11,205 1.22 Increase0.84
CPI(ML)L Ajit Das 11,154 1.22 Increase0.30
IND Subrata Adhikary 9,914 1.08
IND Sukumal Biswas 9,624 1.05
IND Achintya Tarafdar 7,037 0.77
SP Ashis Saha 6,056 0.66
Majority 39,147 4.27 Decrease4.32
Turnout 917,582
INC hold Swing
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1999

More information Party, Candidate ...
1999 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 409,331 46.74 Increase7.69
CPI(M) Subrata Mukherjee 334,076 38.15 Decrease1.61
AITC Biplab Mitra 110,049 12.57
NCP Adhyapak Md. Salahuddin 8,386 0.96
CPI(ML)L Shri Ajit Das 8,093 0.92 Decrease0.04
BSP Subhas Bala 3,332 0.38 Increase0.06
IUML Solaiman 2,449 0.28
Majority 75,255 8.59 Increase7.88
Turnout 885,408 77.35 Decrease2.41
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing
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1998

More information Party, Candidate ...
1998 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Subrata Mukherjee 350,897 39.76 Decrease4.03
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 344,616 39.05 Decrease3.49
BJP Rahul Sinha (Biswajit) 160,239 18.16 Increase7.63
CPI(ML)L Ajit Kumar Das 8,481 0.96 Decrease0.22
IND Abedin Dr. Shayesta 6,582 0.75
IND Golam Yazdani 3,881 0.44
BSP Subhas Bala 2,812 0.32
IND Uday Dubey 1,218 0.14
SJP(R) Dr. Md. Salimuddin 1,167 0.13
IND Debasish Mitra 996 0.11
IND Md. Ilyas Choudhary 834 0.09
IND Adheswar Prasad Singha 765 0.09
Majority 6,281 0.71 Decrease0.54
Turnout 898,301 79.76 Decrease1.39
CPI(M) hold Swing
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1996

More information Party, Candidate ...
1996 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Subrata Mukherjee 383,051 43.79 Increase1.94
INC Golam Yazdani 372,095 42.54 Increase4.74
BJP Utpalendu Sarkar 92,143 10.53 Decrease5.89
CPI(ML)L Ramdas Mandal 10,292 1.18
IND Dhiren Das 5,989 0.68
IND Moqbul Hossain 4,234 0.48
IND Purna Sinha 2,819 0.32
IND Md. Salimuddin 1,790 0.20
AMB Sridam Thokdar 1,778 0.20
IND Mahendra Mahato 569 0.07
Majority 10,956 1.25 Decrease2.80
Turnout 901,716 81.15 Increase6.10
CPI(M) hold Swing
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1991

More information Party, Candidate ...
1991 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Subrata Mukherjee 310,167 41.85 Decrease3.40
INC Golam Yazdani 280,199 37.80 Decrease7.84
BJP Sudarshan Bhattacharya 121,717 16.42 Increase10.92
IND Ajit Kumar Das 7,877 1.06
BSP Anil Chandra Biswas 7,683 1.04 Increase0.68
IUML Maqbul Hossain 3,563 0.48 Decrease0.78
JP Md. Salimuddin 3,367 0.45 Decrease0.59
IND Dinesh Chandra Sinha 3,327 0.45
IND Mahato Mahendra Nath 1,532 0.21
IND Mahabir Prosad Agarwal 910 0.12
IND Rubiruddin 832 0.11
Majority 29,968 4.05 Increase3.66
Turnout 763,113 75.05 Decrease1.77
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing
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1989

More information Party, Candidate ...
1989 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Golam Yazdani 342,072 45.64 Decrease2.75
CPI(M) Subrata Mukherjee 339,173 45.25 Increase0.46
BJP Arun Bhadra 41,197 5.50 Increase2.66
IUML Md. Maqbul Hussain 9,451 1.26 Increase0.70
JP Mahamuddin Ahamad 7,775 1.04
IND Abdul Latif Md. 5,241 0.70
BSP Anil Chandra Biswas 2,664 0.36
AMB Sridam Thokdar 1,915 0.26
Majority 2,899 0.39 Decrease3.21
Turnout 763,803 76.82 Increase1.95
INC hold Swing
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1984

More information Party, Candidate ...
1984 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Golam Yazdani 271,983 48.39
CPI(M) Subrata Mukherjee 251,759 44.79 Increase3.21
BJP Mohit Ranjan Sikdar 15,981 2.84
IND Ajit Kumar Das 12,051 2.14
IUML Mokbul Hossain 3,132 0.56
IND Gopalji Kedia 2,899 0.52
IND Bali Kanta Barman 2,810 0.50
IND Mohomodin Ahmed 1,485 0.26
Majority 20,224 3.60 Increase3.32
Turnout 574,536 74.87 Increase5.26
INC gain from INC(I) Swing
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1980

More information Party, Candidate ...
1980 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Golam Yazdani 196,241 41.86
CPI(M) Abdul Hafiz 194,936 41.58
JP Mohit Ranjan Sikdar 27,471 5.86 Decrease50.22
INC(U) Abedin Zainal 21,990 4.69
IND Mohammed Elias Razi 13,554 2.89
IND Gopalji Kedia 8,871 1.89
IND Kamlala Kanta Singha 5,736 1.22
Majority 1,305 0.28 Decrease19.67
Turnout 482,483 69.61 Increase8.01
INC(I) gain from JP Swing
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1977

More information Party, Candidate ...
1977 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Md. Hayat Ali 188,694 56.08
INC Abedin Anowarul 121,570 36.13 Decrease57.17
IND Nishitha Nath Kundu 26,212 7.79
Majority 67,124 19.95 Decrease69.76
Turnout 347,199 61.60
JP gain from INC Swing
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1972 by-election

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, a 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.

More information Party, Candidate ...
Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1972: Raiganj constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Maya Ray 149,375 93.30 Increase43.75
IND S.K.Niyogi 5,751 3.59
IND Md. Salimuddin 4,979 3.11
Majority 143,624 89.71 Increase68.19
Turnout 1,60,105
INC hold Swing
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1971

More information Party, Candidate ...
1971 Indian general election: Raiganj[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Siddhartha Shankar Ray 147,360 49.55 Increase22.59
CPI(M) Subodh Sen 83,353 28.03
AIFB Nirmal Kumar Basu 34,956 11.75 Decrease14.83
INC(O) Muzaffar Hussain 18,962 6.38
PSP Md. Salimuddin 12,786 4.30 Decrease15.77
Majority 64,007 21.52 Increase21.14
Turnout 311,567 54.83 Decrease1.84
INC hold Swing
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1967

More information Party, Candidate ...
1967 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee 70,743 26.96 Decrease15.55
AIFB N. K. Bose 69,753 26.58
PSP S. S. Hussain 52,674 20.07 Increase2.85
SSP R. P. Kumar 51,433 19.60
IND M. K. Chandra 17,810 6.79
Majority 990 0.38 Decrease14.90
Turnout 276,115 56.67 Increase12.78
INC hold Swing
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1962

More information Party, Candidate ...
1962 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee 81,795 42.51
CPI Asoke Nath Sen 52,392 27.23
PSP Tripurari Chakravarti 33,139 17.22
SWA Ramnarayan Bhadra 18,114 9.41
IND Haridas Chakrabarty 6,992 3.63
Majority 29,403 15.28
Turnout 200,085 43.89
INC win (new seat)
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Notes

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

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