Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raidighi
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°00′04″N88°26′07″E / 22.0012°N 88.4354°E / 22.0012; 88.4354 Coordinates: 22°00′04″N88°26′07″E / 22.0012°N 88.4354°E / 22.0012; 88.4354
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	134
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur (SC)
Electorate (year)	207,140 (2011)

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Abad Bhagabanpur, Debipur, Krishna Chandrapur, Lalpur, Sankarpur and Nalua gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block
• Mathurapur II community development block

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Raidighi	Debashree Roy	All India Trinamool Congress [2]
2016		Debashree Roy	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Raidighi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aloke Jaldata	115,707	48.47	+1.99
	BJP	Santanu Bapuli	80,139	33.57	+30.03
	CPI (M)	Kanti Ganguly	36,931	15.47	-30.45
	SUCI(C)	Gunasindhu Haldar	2,862	1.20	-0.88
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,462	0.61	-0.18
	BSP	Mintu Mistri	795	0.33	-0.09
	Independent	Souvik Bapuli	532	0.22
	Independent	Bablu Haldar	292	0.12
Majority			35,568	14.90
Turnout			238,720	91.30	+1.44
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Raidighi ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debashree Roy	1,01,161	46.48
	CPI (M)	Kanti Ganguly	99,932	45.92
	BJP	Sanghamitra Chaudhuri	7,699	03.54
	SUCI(C)	Gunasindhu Haldar	4,520	02.08
	BSP	Rajendra Naskar	916	00.42
	LJP	Prasanta Mondal	191	00.09
	Independent	Purnendu Shekhar Mondal	789	00.36
	Independent	Amiya Gangopadhyay	373	00.17
	Independent	Arun Kumar Gayen	338	00.16
	NOTA	None of the above	1,710	00.79	---
Majority			1,229	00.56
Turnout			2,17,640	89.30
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Raidighi ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debashree Roy	93,236	50.11
	CPI (M)	Kanti Ganguly	87,683	47.12
	BJP	Dwijendranath Halder	3,369	1.81
	Independent	Debasree Kayal	1,295
	BSP	Dulal Chand Ghorami	1,245
	Independent	Ajay Das	542
Turnout			186,075	89.86
	AITC win (new seat)

References

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.