Rajganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rajganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rajganj Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Rajganj Rajganj (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°33′22″N88°30′31″E / 26.55611°N 88.50861°E / 26.55611; 88.50861 Coordinates: 26°33′22″N88°30′31″E / 26.55611°N 88.50861°E / 26.55611; 88.50861
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Constituency No	18
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)	178,412 (2011) [1] 216,425 (2016) [2] 244,163 (2021) [3]
Government
• MLA	Khageswar Roy (All India Trinamool Congress)

Rajganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 18 Rajganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Binnaguri, Kukurjan, Majhiali, Mantadari, Panikauri, Sannyasikata, Sikarpur and Sukhani gram panchayats of Rajganj community development block, and Baropatia Nutanabos, Belakoba, Paharpur and Patkata gram panchayats of Jalpaiguri community development block. ^[4]

Rajganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.		Party Affiliation
1967	B.N.R.Hakim		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Kiran Chandra Roy		Indian National Congress
1971	Bhagwan Singh Roy
1972	Mrigendra Narayan Roy
1977	Dhirendra Nath Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991	Jotindra Nath Roy
1996
2001
2006	Mahendra Kumar Roy
2009 By-election	Khageswar Roy		All India Trinamool Congress
2011
2016
2021

Election results

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Khageshwar Roy
	CPI(M)	Ratan Ray
	BJP	Supen Roy
Turnout

2011

In the 2011 elections, Khageshwar Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Amulya Chandra Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajganj (SC) constituency ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Khageswar Roy	74,546	46.64
	CPI(M)	Amulya Chandra Roy	67,526	42.25
	BJP	Supen Roy	8,038	5.03
	JMM	Paresh Chandra Roy	7,104	4.44
	BSP	Santi Kishore Barari	2,624
Turnout			159,838	89.61
	AITC hold		Swing

1977-2009

In the 2009 bye-elections, caused by the election of sitting MLA Mahendra Kumar Roy from Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency), Khageswar Roy of Trinamool Congress won the Rajganj (SC) seat. ^{[7] [8]}

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[9] Mahendra Kumar Roy of CPI(M) won the Rajganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Khageswar Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jotindra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Khageswar Roy of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[10] and Ajit Kumar Roy of Congress in 1996 ^[11] and 1991. ^[12] Dhirendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Das of Congress in 1987, ^[13] Jiban Kumar Ray of Congress in 1982 ^[14] and Monomohan Roy of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[15] [16]}

1967–1972

Mrigendra Narayan Roy of Congress won in 1972. ^[17] Bhagwan Singh Roy of Congress won in 1971. ^[18] Kiran Chandra Roy of Congress won in 1969. ^[19] B.N.R.Hakim of SSP won in 1967. ^[20]

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