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
editAs 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
edit| 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
edit2026
edit| 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
edit| 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
editIn 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
editIn 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
editIn 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
editIn 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
editRamendranath 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]
References
edit- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Raiganj Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result". Election Commission of India. 13 July 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "31 - Raiganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.