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|subdivision_name2 = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
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'''Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 35 Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Raiganj]] municipality, and Bahin, Maraikup, Gouri, Kamalabati I and Kamalabati II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Raiganj (Community development block)|Raiganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2 July 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5 [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Raiganj||Syama Prasad Barman||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Gulam Hamidur Rahman||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Haji Badruddin Ahmad ||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Syama Prasad Barman||Indian National Congress <ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Ramendranath Dutta||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||N.N.Kundu||[[Praja Socialist Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Manash Roy||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Ramendranath Dutta||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Ramendranath Dutta||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Khagendra Nath Sinha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Dipendra Barman||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Khagendra Nath Sinha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Khagendra Nath Sinha||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Dilip Kumar Das||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Chittaranjan Roy||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Chittaranjan Roy||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Mohit Sengupta]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] |||| [[Mohit Sengupta]] || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]] |||| [[Krishna Kalyani]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party ]]
|-

|}

==Election results==

===2021===
In the 2021 election, Krishna Kalyani of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] defeated his nearest rival Kanaia Lal Agarwal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Raiganj constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Krishna Kalyani
|votes = 79,775
|percentage = 49.44
|change = +40.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Kanaia Lal Agarwal
|votes = 59,027
|percentage = 36.58
|change = +11.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mohit Sengupta]]
|votes = 17,198
|percentage = 10.66
|change = -48.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,468
|percentage = 1.53
|change = +0.20
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Raju Paul
|votes = 1,361
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Minakshi Roy
|votes = 465
|percentage = 0.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dipendu Sarkar
|votes = 211
|percentage = 0.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Goutam Biswas
|votes = 208
|percentage = 0.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manju Das (Mondal)
|votes = 196
|percentage = 0.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Sanatan Majumdar
|votes = 133
|percentage = 0.08
|change = -0.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Bahamoni Hansda
|votes = 133
|percentage = 0.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jyoti Barman
|votes = 99
|percentage = 0.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Bhabatosh Lahiri
|votes = 73
|percentage = 0.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 161,347
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Mohit Sengupta of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] defeated his nearest rival Purnendu Dey of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Raiganj constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mohit Sengupta]]
|votes = 87,983
|percentage = 58.98
|change = +9.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Purnendu Dey (Bablu)
|votes = 36,736
|percentage = 24.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pradip Sarkar
|votes = 12,961
|percentage = 8.69
|change = +6.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Arun Chandra Dey
|votes = 6,154
|percentage = 4.13
|change = -41.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,985
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Kamtapur People's Party (United)
|candidate = Hari Charan Das
|votes = 1,180
|percentage = 0.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Swapan Kumar Das
|votes = 990
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Benoy Kumar Das
|votes = 692
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Sanatan Dutta
|votes = 487
|percentage = 0.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 149,168
|percentage = 83.39
|change = -1.34
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Raiganj constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=35|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Raiganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mohit Sengupta]]
|votes = 62,864
|percentage = 49.69
|change = +2.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Kiranmoy Nanda]]
|votes = 57,455
|percentage = 45.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sachindra Nath Das
|votes = 3,053
|percentage = 2.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manjit Mandal
|votes = 1,064
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India
|candidate = Sanatan Dutta
|votes = 750
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Swapan Kumar Das
|votes = 734
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Anindya Ganguly
|votes = 586
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 126,506
|percentage = 84.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Chittaranjan Roy of [[Indian National Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Dilip Kumar Das of [[Nationalist Congress Party]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Raiganj constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=35|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work =Raiganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chittaranjan Roy
|votes = 77,789
|percentage = 49.69
|change = +2.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Das
|votes = 62,029
|percentage = 45.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nimai Kabiraj
|votes = 10,660
|percentage = 2.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Subhas Barman
|votes = 3813
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Naresh Chandra Barman
|votes = 2909
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Ajit Kumar Das
|votes = 2772
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Bhajagobinda Barman
|votes = 1158
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Binoy Kumar Mallick
|votes = 1713
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Nagendra Nath Sarkar
|votes = 1404
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Haradeb Kumar Barman
|votes = 1094
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 126,506
|percentage = 84.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]]+[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001 state assembly elections<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Chittaranjan Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won the 35 Raiganj Assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dilip Kumar Das of [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] and Harinarayan Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp31.htm | title = 31 - Raiganj (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> N.N.Kundu of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] and [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]] Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]

Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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