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Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 25°37′N 88°07′E / 25.62°N 88.12°E / 25.62; 88.12
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Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia

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.

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

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Third 1962-67 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress [3]
Fourth 1967-71 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress [4]
Fifth 1971-72 Siddharta Shankar Ray Indian National Congress[5]
Bye Election, 1972 1972-77 Maya Ray Indian National Congress[6]
Sixth 1977-80 Md. Hayat Ali Bharatiya Lok Dal[7]
Seventh 1980-84 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress[8]
Eighth 1984-89 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress [9]
Ninth 1989-91 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress [10]
Tenth 1991-96 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
Eleventh 1996-98 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
Twelfth 1998-99 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[14]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress [15]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Deepa Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[16]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
17th Lok Sabha 2019-Incumbent Debasree Chaudhuri Bharatiya Janata Party[18]

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 5,11,652 40.06 +21.76
AITC Kanaia Lal Agarwal 4,51,078 35.32 +17.93
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 1,83,039 14.25 −14.75
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 83,662 6.55 −21.95
Majority 60,574 4.74
Turnout 12,78,076 79.82
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing +18.26

Template:West Bengal 2019 election summary

General election 2014

General Elections, 2014: Raiganj[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 3,17,515 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

Template:West Bengal 2014 election summary

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Raiganj[16]
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
Turnout 898,399 81.05
INC hold Swing

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

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Raiganj[15]
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) (Liberation) 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 Chowranghee (Vidhan Sabha 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 2009 by 64,007 votes.

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

General election 1971

General Election, 1971: Raiganj[5]
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

General elections (1962-2019)

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
Voters %age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1962 200,085 43.89 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee 42.51 Indian National Congress Asoke Nath Sen 27.23 Communist Party of India[3]
1967 276,115 56.67 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee 26.96 Indian National Congress N.K.Bose 26.58 Forward Bloc[4]
1972 311,567 54.83 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 49.55 Indian National Congress Subodh Sen 28.03 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 347,200 61.60 Md. Hayat Ali 56.08 Bharatiya Lok Dal Abedin Anowarul 36.13 Indian National Congress
1980 482,480 69.61 Golam Yazdani 41.86 Indian National Congress Abdul Hafiz 41.58 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984 574,540 76.87 Golam Yazdani 48.39 Indian National Congress Subrata Mukherjee 44.79 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 763,800 75.05 Golam Yazdani NA Indian National Congress Subrata Mukherjee 45.25 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 763,110 75.05 Subrata Mukherjee 41.85 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Golam Yazdani 37.80 Indian National Congress
1996 901,720 81.15 Subrata Mukherjee 43.79 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Golam Yazdani 42.54 Indian National Congress
1998 898,300 79.76 Subrata Mukherjee 39.76 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 39.05 Indian National Congress
1999 885.41 77.35 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 46.74 Indian National Congress Subrata Mukherjee 38.15 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004 917,760 79.99 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 45.98 Indian National Congress Minati Ghosh 41.71 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009 898,399 81.05 Deepa Dasmunsi 50.29 Indian National Congress Bireswar Lahiri 38.58 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014 1,108,193 79.77 Mohammad Salim 29.00 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Deepa Dasmunsi 28.50 Indian National Congress
2019 1,273,684 79.61

References

  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. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Maya Roy Won Raiganj Bye Poll In 1972 as Congress Candidate by a Big Margin". The Hindu, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  7. ^ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  9. ^ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  11. ^ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  13. ^ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  18. ^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

See also

25°37′N 88°07′E / 25.62°N 88.12°E / 25.62; 88.12

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