Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency

Ranaghat WB-13
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Nabadwip Santipur Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Krishnaganj Ranaghat Uttar Purba Ranaghat Dakshin Chakdaha
Established	2009
Total electors	18,71,658 (2024) [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Jagannath Sarkar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Ranaghat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in Nadia district in West Bengal. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the boundary delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, from 2009 Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2] All seven assembly segments of No. 13 Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency are in Nadia district.

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

Ranaghat (SC) Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 13) is composed of the following assembly segments: ^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
84	Nabadwip	Nadia	Pundarikhsya Saha		AITC		AITC
86	Santipur		Braja Kishore Goswami		AITC		BJP
87	Ranaghat Uttar Paschim		Parthasarathi Chatterjee		BJP		BJP
88	Krishnaganj (SC)		Ashis Kumar Biswas		BJP		BJP
89	Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC)		Ashim Biswas		BJP		BJP
90	Ranaghat Dakshin (SC)		Mukut Mani Adhikari		AITC		BJP
91	Chakdaha		Bankim Chandra Ghosh		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2009	Sucharu Ranjan Haldar [3]		Trinamool Congress
2014	Tapas Mandal [4]
2019	Jagannath Sarkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

For MPs from this area in previous years see Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Ranaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagannath Sarkar	782,396	50.78	2.00
	AITC	Mukut Mani Adhikari	595,497	38.65	1.60
	CPI(M)	Alokesh Das	123,810	8.04	1.45
	BSP	Biplab Biswas	9,392	0.61	New
	SUCI(C)	Paresh Haldar	8,239	0.53	New
	Independent	Jagannath Sarkar	5,861	0.38	New
	Independent	Shyamal Kumar Mallick	5,544	0.36	New
	None of the Above	NOTA	9,893	0.64	0.02
Majority			186,899	12.13	3.58
Turnout			1,540,632	81.87	2.39
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ranaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagannath Sarkar	783,254	52.78	+35.73
	AITC	Rupali Biswas	549,825	37.05	−6.58
	CPI(M)	Rama Biswas	97,771	6.59	−22.13
	INC	Minati Biswas	23,297	1.57	−4.81
	NOTA	None of the above	9,137	0.62
Majority			233,428	15.71
Turnout			1,484,797	84.26
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ranaghat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Mandal	5,90,451	43.63	−6.49
	CPI(M)	Archana Biswas	3,88,684	28.72	−12.52
	BJP	Dr. Suprabhat Biswas	2,33,670	17.27	+12.23
	INC	Pratap Kanti Ray	92,218	6.81	N/A
	BSP	Utpala Biswas	9,116	0.67	−1.01
	Independent	Subhas Chandra Sarkar	8,658	0.63	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Paresh Halder	7,952	0.58	N/A
	RPI(A)	Nadiyar Chand Mondal	3,992	0.29	N/A
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Chaitanya Barai	3,829	0.28	N/A
	None of the Above	None of the Above	14,626	1.08	N/A
Majority			2,01,767	14.91	+7.51
Turnout			13,53,196	84.42	−1.88
	AITC hold		Swing	-6.49

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Ranaghat ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sucharu Ranjan Haldar	575,058	50.12
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Barman	473,235	41.24
	BJP	Sukalyan Ray	84,404
	BSP	Satish Chandra Biswas	19,347	1.68
	Independent	Manmatha Biswas	12,159	1.05
	Independent	Nadiar Chand Mondal	9,585	0.83
Majority			1,01,823	8.88
Turnout			11,47,245	86.30
	AITC win (new seat)

References

1. "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-26.
2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
3. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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