Raina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

For disambiguation, see Raina.

Raina
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raina Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Raina Raina (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°04′N87°53′E / 23.067°N 87.883°E / 23.067; 87.883 Coordinates: 23°04′N87°53′E / 23.067°N 87.883°E / 23.067; 87.883
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	261
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	38. Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Electorate (year)	209,643 (2011)

Raina (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born (village-Subaldaha) in this Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 261 Raina (SC) assembly constituency covers Raina II community development block and Hijalna, Natu, Palsona, Sehara, Narugram, Shyamsundar, and Rayna gram panchayats of Raina I community development block. ^[1]

Raina assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Raina	Mrityunjoy Pramanick and Dasarathi Tah	Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party [3]
1957		Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray	Praja Socialist Party [4]
1962		Probodh Kumar Guha	Indian National Congress [5]
1967		Dasarathi Tah	Praja Socialist Party [6]
1969		Panchu Gopal Guha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1971		Gokulananda Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972		Sukumar Chattopadhyay	Indian National Congress [9]
1977		Ram Narayan Goswami	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987		Dhirendranath Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Dhirendranath Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Shyamaprasad Pal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2001		Shyamaprasad Pal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006		Swapan Samanta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] [17]
2011		Basudeb Khan	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2016		Nepal Ghorui	All India Trinamool Congress [19] [20]
2021		Shampa Dhara	All India Trinamool Congress [21]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Raina ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shampa Dhara	108,752	47.46	1.69
	BJP	Manik Roy	90,547	39.51	32.43
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Khan	25,332	11.05	34.50
	BSP	Pallab Biswas	1,871	0.82
	BMUP	Rabi Routh	1,101	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1,563	0.68
Turnout			229,166
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016:Raina constituency ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nepal Ghorui	94,323	45.77	+0.97
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Khan	93,875	45.55	-5.57
	BJP	Kashinath Patra	14,589	7.08	+5.4
	NOTA	None of the above	3,306	1.6
Turnout			206,093	87.61	-4.67
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raina ^{[23] [24] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Khan	98,897	51.12	-15.31
	AITC	Nepal Ghorui	86,676	44.80	+13.22#
	BJP	Pandit Krishna Chandra	3,241	1.68
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Asit Rana	2,611
	BSP	Protul Biswas	1,024
	JDP	Adhir Roy	1,004
Turnout			193,453	92.28
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-28.53#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

Swapan Samanta of CPI(M) won the Raina assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Nityananda Tah of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Shyamaprosad Pal of CPI(M) defeated Arup Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress and Arabinda Bhattacharyya of Congress, in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Dhirendranath Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sunil Das, Uday Sankar Sain and Sukumar Chattopadhyay, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Ram Narayan Goswami of CPI(M) defeated Ajit Krishna Bhattacharya of Congress. ^[26]

1951-1972

Sukumar Chattopadhyay of Congress won the seat in 1972, and in 1971, it was won by Gokulananda Roy of CPI(M). Panchu Gopal Guha of CPI(M) won it in 1969, and Dasarathi Tah of PSP won it in 1967. Prabodh Kumar Guha of Congress won the seat in 1962. It was a double member seat in 1957 and 1951. In 1957, Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray, both representing PSP, won the seats. In the first state assembly elections after independence in 1951, Dasarathi Tah and Mritunjoy Pramanik, both representing KMPP, won the Raina seats. ^[27]

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