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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers [[Raniganj]] municipality and [[Andal (community development block)\|Andal]] community development block. [[Ratibati]] gram panchayat of [[Raniganj (community development block)\|Raniganj]] CD Block is part of [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]. Amrasota, Egra, [[Ballavpur]], [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)\|Jemari]] and Tirat gram panchayats of [[Raniganj (community development block)\|Raniganj]] CD Block are part of [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation>{{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 }}</ref>		As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Wards 33-37,88-93 of [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]](Before 2015 [[Raniganj]] municipality) and [[Andal (community development block)\|Andal]] community development block. [[Ratibati]] gram panchayat of [[Raniganj (community development block)\|Raniganj]] CD Block is part of [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]. Amrasota, Egra, [[Ballavpur]], [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)\|Jemari]] and Tirat gram panchayats of [[Raniganj (community development block)\|Raniganj]] CD Block are part of [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation>{{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 }}</ref>

	Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>		Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

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|name = Raniganj 
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 278
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|40. Asansol]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 196,907 (2011)

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'''Raniganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in the [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers [[Raniganj]] municipality and [[Andal (community development block)|Andal]] community development block. [[Ratibati]] gram panchayat of [[Raniganj (community development block)|Raniganj]] CD Block is part of [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]. Amrasota, Egra, [[Ballavpur]], [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)|Jemari]] and Tirat gram panchayats of [[Raniganj (community development block)|Raniganj]] CD Block are part of [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation>{{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 }}</ref>

Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (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
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Raniganj|| Pashupatinath Malia and Banku Behari Mandal ||Independent and [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 219 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095211/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 14 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||[[Durgapur Paschim#Ondal constituency 1957|Ondal]]||[[Ananda Gopal Mukherjee|Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay]] and Dhawajadhari Mondal||Indian National Congress<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf| title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 209 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Raniganj||Lakshan Bagdi||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 297 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||[[Haradhan Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 327 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]||||Haradhan Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf| title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 328 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 12 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]||||Haradhan Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf| title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 331 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 12 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]||||Haradhan Roy|| Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 322 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]|||| Haradhan Roy ||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 352 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||||Haradhan Roy ||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 344 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]|||| [[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]] ||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 352 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|||| Bansa Gopal Chowdhury ||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 361 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]|||| Bansa Gopal Chowdhury ||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf | title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 369 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]|||| Bansa Gopal Chowdhry||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf| title = Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 360 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date = 11 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]|||| Haradhan Jha ||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref>{{cite web | url = http://in.rediff.com/election/wbdetail06.htm| title = West Bengal Assembly election - constituency wise reults | work= Raniganj | publisher = Rediff.com |access-date =11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105555if_/http://eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/WestBengalResults.htm | title = List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election |work= Raniganj| publisher = Elections.in |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Ali Sohrab||All India Trinamool Congress<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html | title = West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 | work= Raniagnj| publisher = Elections.in |access-date =13 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Runu Dutta||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref name=vidhansabha2016>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Tapas Banerjee]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{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}}</ref>
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raniganj]] <ref name=vidhansabha2021/> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= Adv. Tapas Banerjee |votes=78,164|percentage=42.90|change=+24.84}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Dr. Bijan Mukherjee|votes=74,608|percentage=40.95|change=+22.60}}
{{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}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,006
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Raj Kumar
|votes = 1,612
|percentage = 0.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 3,556|percentage=1.97|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 1,82,257|percentage=72.67|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raniganj]] <ref name=vidhansabha2016/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Runu Dutta
|votes = 74,995
|percentage = 42.32
|change = -4.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nargis Bano
|votes = 62,610
|percentage = 35.33
|change = -12.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Manish Sharma
|votes = 32,214
|percentage = 18.17
|change = +14.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ajit Badyakar
|votes = 2,599
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Mamoni Orang
|votes = 2,081
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,708
|percentage = 1.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,385
|percentage = 6.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,77,288
|percentage = 77.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Raniganj]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=278|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Raniganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Md. Sohrab Ali
|votes = 73,810
|percentage = 47.83
|change = +14.99#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Runu Dutta
|votes = 72,059
|percentage = 46.70
|change = -25.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shobhapati Singh
|votes = 5,423
|percentage = 3.51
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Rajkumar Paswan
|votes = 3,016
|percentage = 1.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,751
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,54,453
|percentage = 78.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +40.58#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.</small>

===1977–2006===
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

===1951–1972===
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]]. In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]], there was a seat at [[Andal, Bardhaman|Ondal]]. It was won by Dhawadhari Mondal and Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay, both of Congress. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]

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