https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Raniganj%2C_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-11-03T17:53:58Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raniganj,_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency&diff=529607&oldid=prev imported>AdellBarreto6: started first details first draft 2026-05-08T15:00:46Z <p>started first details first draft</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Other uses|Raniganj (disambiguation)}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Raniganj<br /> | type= SLA<br /> | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Raniganj.map}}<br /> | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Raniganj Assembly Constituency<br /> | mla = [[Partha Ghosh]]<br /> | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /> | alliance = <br /> | latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br /> | state = [[West Bengal]]<br /> | district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]<br /> | constituency_no = 278<br /> | established = 1951<br /> | electors = 196,907<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | abolished = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Raniganj Assembly constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 33–37, 88-93 of [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]] and [[Andal (community development block)|Andal]] community development block.&lt;ref name=delimitation&gt;{{cite web | url = http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2010-08-21 | publisher = Government of West Bengal | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 2010-09-18 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&lt;ref name =delimitation/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Member<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot; | Party<br /> |-<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br /> | Pashupatinath Malia<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br /> |-<br /> | Banku Behari Mandal<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br /> ! colspan=&quot;3&quot;|&#039;&#039;No seat&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> | Lakshan Bagdi<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;6&quot;|[[Haradhan Roy]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=11}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;4&quot;|[[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br /> | Haradhan Jha<br /> |-<br /> | [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br /> | Ali Sohrab<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br /> | Runu Dutta<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br /> | Tapas Banerjee<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br /> | PARTHA GHOSH<br /> | {{Full party name with color|BJP}}<br /> <br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> ===2026===<br /> {{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Raniganj}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Partha Ghosh<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:97416}}<br /> |percentage = 49.58<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Kalobaran Mondal<br /> |party = Trinamool Congress<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:79630}}<br /> |percentage = 40.53<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Naran Bauri<br /> |party = Left Front (West Bengal) <br /> |votes = {{formatnum:13030}}<br /> |percentage = 6.63<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Faiz Ahmed<br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:1543}}<br /> |percentage = 0.79<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br /> |party = None of the above (India)<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:2452}}<br /> |percentage = 1.25<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority|<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:17786}}<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout|<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:196484}}<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = BJP<br /> |loser = TMC<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2021===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Raniganj&lt;ref name=vidhansabha2021&gt;{{cite web| url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/raniganj-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work =Raniganj| publisher =Times Now |access-date = 11 April 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; }}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= Adv. Tapas Banerjee |votes=78,164|percentage=42.90|change=+24.84}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Dr. Bijan Mukherjee|votes=74,608|percentage=40.95|change=+22.60}} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Hemant Kumar Prabhakar|votes=21,658|percentage=11.90|change=-71.12}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = None of the above<br /> |candidate = None of the above<br /> |votes = 2,006<br /> |percentage = 1.10<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Janata Dal (United)<br /> |candidate = Raj Kumar<br /> |votes = 1,612<br /> |percentage = 0.88<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes= 3,556|percentage=1.97|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes= 1,82,257|percentage=72.67|change=}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2016===<br /> {{Election box begin<br /> |title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raniganj]]&lt;ref name=vidhansabha2016&gt;{{cite web | url = https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/raniganj/ | title = Ranganj Assembly Elections 2016 | work= Raniganj Assembly Elections 2016 votes | publisher = India.com |access-date =11 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Runu Dutta]]|votes=74,995|percentage=42.32|change=-4.38}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Nargis Bano|votes=62,610|percentage=35.33|change=-12.50}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Manish Sharma|votes=32,214|percentage=18.17|change=+14.66}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ajit Badyakar|votes=2,599|percentage=1.46|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Mukti Party|candidate=Mamoni Orang|votes=2,081|percentage=1.17|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,708|percentage=1.52|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=12,385|percentage=6.99|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=1,77,288|percentage=77.31|change=}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |loser = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2011===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raniganj]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25278.htm |title = Raniganj |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516120254/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25278.htm |url-status = dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;cid=278| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222910/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;cid=278| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Raniganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Raniganj |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-09 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}&lt;/ref&gt; }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Md. Sohrab Ali|votes=73,810|percentage=47.83|change=+14.99#}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Runu Dutta]]|votes=72,059|percentage=46.70|change=-25.59}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Shobhapati Singh|votes=5,423|percentage=3.51|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Rajkumar Paswan|votes=3,016|percentage=1.95|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=1,751|percentage=1.13|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=1,54,453|percentage=78.35|change=}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |swing = +40.58#<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> &lt;small&gt;.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> ===1977–2006===<br /> In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly election]], the Raniganj assembly seat was won by Haradhan Jha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]]. He defeated his nearest rival Jitendra Tiwari of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987, [[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]] of CPI (M) won the seat defeating his nearest rivals Sampa Sarkar, Senapati Mondal, Sankar Dutta and Kalyani Biswas (all of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]) in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Hare Krishna Goswami and Sarojakshya Mukherjee (both of Congress) in the respective years.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp261.htm| title = 261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===1951–1972===<br /> Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. The Raniganj seat was not there in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India&#039;s first election in 1951]], Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp | title = Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections | access-date = 2010-10-30 | work = General Election Results and Statistics | publisher = Election Commission of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp | archive-date = 2010-10-05 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}<br /> {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br /> [[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]</div> imported>AdellBarreto6