Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency
| Raiganj WB-5 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Raiganj Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Islampur Goalpokhar Chakulia Karandighi Hemtabad Kaliaganj Raiganj |
| Established | 1962-present |
| Total electors | 1,387,526[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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
Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (6.25%)
Janata Party (1 time) (6.25%)
Assembly segments
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 | Party leading (in 2019 General Elections) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Islampur | Uttar Dinajpur | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | TMC | TMC | ||
| 30 | Goalpokhar | Md. Ghulam Rabbani | TMC | TMC | |||
| 31 | Chakulia | Minhajul Arfin Azad | TMC | TMC | |||
| 32 | Karandighi | Goutam Pal | TMC | BJP | |||
| 33 | Hemtabad (SC) | Satyajit Burman | TMC | BJP | |||
| 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | Soumen Roy | BJP | BJP | |||
| 35 | Raiganj | Vacant | None | BJP | |||
Members of Parliament
| 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 | |
| 1996 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Deepa Dasmunsi | ||
| 2014 | Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India | |
| 2019 | Debasree Chaudhuri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
^ denotes by-elections
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | ||||
| BJP | Kartick Paul | ||||
| AITC | Krishna Kalyani | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Debasree Chaudhuri | 511,652 | 40.08 | +21.76 | |
| AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 451,078 | 35.32 | +17.93 | |
| CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 183,039 | 14.25 | −14.75 | |
| INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 83,662 | 6.55 | −21.95 | |
| Majority | 60,574 | 4.74 | |||
| Turnout | 1,278,076 | 79.82 | |||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +18.26 | |||
General election 2014
| 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
| 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
| 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
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.
| 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
| 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
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "Raiganj Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
- ^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.