Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency

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Raniganj
Constituency No. 278 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency Asansol
Established1951
Total electors196,907
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Raniganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 33–37, 88-93 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Andal community development block. [1]

Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1951 Pashupatinath Malia Independent politician
Banku Behari Mandal Indian National Congress
1957 No seat
1962 Lakshan Bagdi Communist Party of India
1967 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India
1969
1971
1972
1977
1982
1987 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
1991
1996
2001
2006 Haradhan Jha
2011 Ali Sohrab All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Runu Dutta Communist Party of India
2021 Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Adv. Tapas Banerjee 78,164 42.90 +24.84
BJP Dr. Bijan Mukherjee74,60840.95+22.60
CPI(M) Hemant Kumar Prabhakar21,65811.90−71.12
NOTA None of the above2,0061.10
JD(U) Raj Kumar1,6120.88
Majority 3,5561.97
Turnout 1,82,25772.67
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Runu Dutta 74,99542.32−4.38
AITC Nargis Bano62,61035.33−12.50
BJP Manish Sharma32,21418.17+14.66
BSP Ajit Badyakar2,5991.46
BMP Mamoni Orang2,0811.17
NOTA None of the above2,7081.52
Majority 12,3856.99
Turnout 1,77,28877.31
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Md. Sohrab Ali73,81047.83+14.99#
CPI(M) Runu Dutta 72,05946.70−25.59
BJP Shobhapati Singh5,4233.51
JD(U) Rajkumar Paswan3,0161.95
Majority 1,7511.13
Turnout 1,54,45378.35
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +40.58#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly election, the Raniganj assembly seat was won by Haradhan Jha of CPI (M). He defeated his nearest rival Jitendra Tiwari of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987, Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI (M) won the seat defeating his nearest rivals Sampa Sarkar, Senapati Mondal, Sankar Dutta and Kalyani Biswas (all of Congress) in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Hare Krishna Goswami and Sarojakshya Mukherjee (both of Congress) in the respective years. [7]

1951–1972

Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI won in 1962. The Raniganj seat was not there in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Raniganj. Times Now. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. "Ranganj Assembly Elections 2016". Raniganj Assembly Elections 2016 votes. India.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. "Raniganj". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raniganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raniganj. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  7. "261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  8. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.