Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency

Raiganj WB-5
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Raiganj Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Islampur Goalpokhar Chakulia Karandighi Hemtabad Kaliaganj Raiganj
Established	1962-present
Total electors	1,387,526 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kartick Chandra Paul
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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.

Most Successful parties from Raiganj Lok Sabha

1. Indian National Congress (10 times) (58.82%)
2. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4 times) (23.53%)
3. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (11.76%)
4. Janata Party (1 time) (5.89%)

Assembly segments

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]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
29	Islampur	Uttar Dinajpur	Abdul Karim Chowdhury		Trinamool Congress		Trinamool Congress
30	Goalpokhar		Md. Ghulam Rabbani
31	Chakulia		Minhajul Arfin Azad				Indian National Congress
32	Karandighi		Goutam Paul				Bharatiya Janata Party
33	Hemtabad (SC)		Satyajit Barman
34	Kaliaganj (SC)		Soumen Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Raiganj		Krishna Kalyani		Trinamool Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Name [3]	Party
1962	Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee		Indian National Congress
1967
1971	Siddharta Shankar Ray
1972^	Maya Ray
1977	Md. Hayat Ali		Janata Party
1980	Golam Yazdani		Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991	Subrata Mukherjee		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996
1998
1999	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi		Indian National Congress
2004
2009	Deepa Dasmunsi
2014	Mohammed Salim		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019	Debasree Chaudhuri		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Kartick Chandra Paul

^ denotes by-elections

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Raiganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kartick Chandra Paul	560,897	40.99	0.91
	AITC	Krishna Kalyani	4,92,700	36.00	0.68
	INC	Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)	2,63,273	19.24	12.69
	NOTA	None of the above	1,940	0.14
Majority			68,197	4.99	0.25
Turnout			13,68,471	76.18	3.64
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Raiganj ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Debasree Chaudhuri	511,652	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

2014 Indian general elections: Raiganj ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Mohammed Salim	317,515	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
	AIUDF	Zameerul Hasan	3,471	0.31
	AMB	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

General Election, 2009: Raiganj ^[6]

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

General Election, 2004: Raiganj ^[7]

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)L	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

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 Maldaha Assembly 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 1971 by 64,007 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1972: Raiganj constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Maya Ray	149,375	93.3
	Independent	S.K.Niyogi	5,751	3.59
	Independent	Md. Salimuddin	4,979	3.11
Majority			143,624	89.71
Turnout			1,60,105
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1971

General Election, 1971: Raiganj ^[8]

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

See also

• Raiganj
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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. "Raiganj Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
4. "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
5. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
6. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
7. "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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