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Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Raiganj | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Incumbent | Debasree Chaudhuri |
| Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1962-present |
| Reservation | None |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,387,526[1] |
| Most Successful Party | Indian National Congress (10 times) |
| Assembly Constituencies | Islampur 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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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.
| 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]
| 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]
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Maya Roy Won Raiganj Bye Poll In 1972 as Congress Candidate by a Big Margin". The Hindu, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.