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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Raiganj
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Raiganj.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Raiganj Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Koushik Chowdhury]]
| incumbent_image =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency|Raiganj]]
| constituency_no = 35
| established = 1951
| electors = 198,780
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

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

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Year
!MLA
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
! colspan="4" |'''Raiganj constituency'''
|-
|rowspan="2|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|'''Shyama Prasad Barman'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|'''Ghulam Hamidur Rahman'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|'''Haji Badruddin Ahmed'''
|-
|'''Shyama Prasad Barman'''
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|'''Ramendranath Dutta'''
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|'''NN Kundu'''
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|'''Manash Roy'''
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Ramendranath Dutta'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|'''Khagendra Nath Sinha'''
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|'''Dipendra Barman'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Khagendra Nath Sinha'''
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|'''Dilip Kumar Das'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001 ]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Chittaranjan Roy]]'''
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Mohit Sengupta]]'''
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|rowspan=2|'''[[Krishna Kalyani]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2024 elections in India#West_Bengal|2024^]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Koushik Chowdhury]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

*^ denotes by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raiganj]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Koushik Chowdhury]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes= 105561 {{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Krishna Kalyani]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes= 46920 {{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jibananda Singha|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes= 3787 {{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Mohit Sengupta]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes= 4386 {{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes= 1654 {{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 58641 {{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = TMC
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2024 by-election===
{{Election box begin
| title=[[2024 elections in India#West_Bengal|2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election]]: [[Raiganj]]<ref name="Raiganj Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result">{{cite news |title=Raiganj Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJuly24/candidateswise-S2535.htm |accessdate=25 July 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=13 July 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250725175505/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJuly24/candidateswise-S2535.htm |archivedate=25 July 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Krishna Kalyani]]|votes=86,479|percentage=57.97|change={{increase}}21.39}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Manas Kumar Ghosh|votes=36,402|percentage=24.4|change={{decrease}}25.04}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Mohit Sengupta]]|votes=23,116|percentage=15.5|change={{increase}}4.84}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[None of the above]]|party=None of the above|votes=1,710|percentage=1.15|change={{decrease}}0.38}}
{{Election box majority|votes=50,077|percentage=33.57|change={{increase}}20.71}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,49,183|percentage=71.99|change={{decrease}}}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===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]]: [[Raiganj]]}}

{{Election box winning 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 majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,61,347
|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 Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raiganj]]}}

{{Election box winning 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 majority
|votes = 51,247
|percentage = 34.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,49,168
|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>{{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><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=35| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130618153207/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=35| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 18 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Raiganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning 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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130618153207/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=35| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 18 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work =Raiganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning 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 2007.</small>

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]] state assembly elections<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> 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 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.<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987.<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982.<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><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">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969.<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> N.N.Kundu of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won in 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name="vidhansabha1962">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> 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">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.<ref name="vidhansabha1952">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Raiganj Assembly constituency - Revision history

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