Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Raiganj
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentDebasree Chaudhuri
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1962-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,387,526[1]
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (10 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesIslampur
Goalpokhar
Chakulia
Karandighi
Hemtabad
Kaliaganj
Raiganj

Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Raiganj in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Uttar Dinajpur district.

Assembly segments[edit]

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 5 Raiganj is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
29 Islampur None Uttar Dinajpur AITC Abdul Karim Chowdhury
30 Goalpokhar None Uttar Dinajpur AITC Md. Ghulam Rabbani
31 Chakulia None Uttar Dinajpur AITC Minhajul Arfin Azad
32 Karandighi None Uttar Dinajpur AITC Goutam Pal
33 Hemtabad SC Uttar Dinajpur AITC Satyajit Burman
34 Kaliaganj SC Uttar Dinajpur AITC Soumen Roy
35 Raiganj None Uttar Dinajpur AITC Krishna Kalyani

Members of Parliament[edit]

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Third 1962-67 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress [3]
Fourth 1967-71 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress [4]
Fifth 1971-72 Siddharta Shankar Ray Indian National Congress[5]
Bye Election, 1972 1972-77 Maya Ray Indian National Congress[6]
Sixth 1977-80 Md. Hayat Ali Bharatiya Lok Dal[7]
Seventh 1980-84 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress[8]
Eighth 1984-89 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress [9]
Ninth 1989-91 Golam Yazdani Indian National Congress [10]
Tenth 1991-96 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Eleventh 1996-98 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Twelfth 1998-99 Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[14]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress [15]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Deepa Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[16]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
17th Lok Sabha 2019-Incumbent Debasree Chaudhuri Bharatiya Janata Party[18]

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general election: Raiganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 5,11,652 40.08 +21.76
AITC Kanaia Lal Agarwal 4,51,078 35.32 +17.93
CPI (M) Mohammed Salim 1,83,039 14.25 -14.75
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 83,662 6.55 -21.95
Majority 60,574 4.74
Turnout 12,78,076 79.82
BJP gain from CPI (M) Swing +18.26

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Raiganj[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Mohammed Salim 3,17,515 29.00 -9.93
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 3,15,881 28.50 -21.79
BJP Nimu Bhowmik 2,03,131 18.32 +14.14
AITC Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi 1,92,634 17.39 +17.39
SP Sudip Ranjan Sen 32,303 2.91
SUCI(C) Dulal Rajbanshi 8,592 0.78
BSP Swapan Kumar Das 5,629 0.51
Independent Subrata Adhikary 5,548 0.50
JDP Bablu Soren 5,544 0.50
AAP Pasarul Alam 3,614 0.33
[[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] Zameerul Hasan 3,471 0.31
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Nandakishor Singha 3,338 0.30
NOTA None of the above 10,929 0.99 ---
Majority 1,634 0.15 -11.56
Turnout 11,08,193 79.87
CPI (M) gain from INC Swing -20.82

General election 2009[edit]

General Election, 2009: Raiganj[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Deepa Dasmunsi 451,776 50.29
CPI (M) Bireswar Lahiri 346,573 38.58
BJP Gopesh Chandra Sarkar 37,645 4.19
Independent Abdul Karim Chowdhary 18,427 2.05
Independent Manas Jana 10,426 1.16
BSP Akhil Ranjan Mondal 7,592 0.85
RDMP Faiz Rahaman 7,834 0.87
CPI(ML)L Suleman Hafiji 4,316 0.48
Independent Upendra Nath Das 4,157 0.46
Independent Anil Biswas 3,844 0.43
Independent Nachhir Ali Pramanik 3,212 0.36
JD(U) Matiur Rahman 2,597 0.29
Majority 1,05,203
Turnout 8,98,399 81.05
INC hold Swing

Abdul Karim Chowdhary, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.

General election 2004[edit]

General Election, 2004: Raiganj[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 421,904 46.20
CPI (M) Minati Ghosh 382,757 41.90
AITC Dr. Zainal Abedin 57,931 6.30
BSP Anil Biswas 11,205 1.20
CPI(ML) (Liberation) Ajit Das 11,154 1.20
Independent Subrata Adhikary 9,914 1.10
Independent Sukamal Biswas 9,624 1.10
NCP Achintya Tarafdar 7,037 0.80
Independent Ashis Saha 6,056 0.70
Turnout 9,13,637 79.6
INC hold Swing

By-election 1972[edit]

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1972 which was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MP Siddhartha Shankar Ray and his subsequent election to the State Assembly from the Chowranghee (Vidhan Sabha constituency). In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival S.K.NIyogi of United Front Supported Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes, thus breaking the record of Siddhartha Shankar Ray who had won the seat in 2009 by 64,007 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1972: Raiganj constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Maya Ray 149,375
Independent S.K.Niyogi 5,751
Independent Md. Salimuddin 4,979
Majority 143,624
Turnout 1,60,105
INC hold Swing

General election 1971[edit]

General Election, 1971: Raiganj[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Siddhartha Shankar Ray 147,360 47.30
CPI (M) Subodh Sen 83,353 41.90
AIFB Nirmal Kumar Basu 34,956 11.20
NC(O) Muzaffar Hussain 18,962 6.10
PSP Md. Salimuddin 12,786 4.10
Turnout 9,13,637 79.6
Majority 64,007 (20.5%)
INC hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Maya Roy Won Raiganj Bye Poll In 1972 as Congress Candidate by a Big Margin". The Hindu, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

See also[edit]

Coordinates: 25°37′N 88°07′E / 25.62°N 88.12°E / 25.62; 88.12

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