| Raiganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 35 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Raiganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 198,780 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Raiganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inUttar Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 35 Raiganj Assembly constituency coversRaiganj municipality, and Bahin, Maraikup, Gouri, Kamalabati I and Kamalabati IIgram panchayats ofRaiganjcommunity development block.[1]
Raiganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raiganj constituency | |||
| 1951 | Shyama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| Ghulam Hamidur Rahman | |||
| 1957 | Haji Badruddin Ahmed | ||
| Shyama Prasad Barman | |||
| 1962 | Ramendranath Dutta | ||
| 1967 | NN Kundu | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Manash Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Ramendranath Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Dipendra Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Dilip Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Chittaranjan Roy | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Mohit Sengupta | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Krishna Kalyani | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024^ | Trinamool Congress | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 86,479 | 57.97 |  21.39 | |
| BJP | Manas Kumar Ghosh | 36,402 | 24.4 |  25.04 | |
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 23,116 | 15.5 | 4.84 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,710 | 1.15 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | 50,077 | 33.57 | 20.71 | ||
| Turnout | 1,49,183 | 71.99 | | ||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% (2019) | ±% (2021) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kartick Paul | 93,402 | 58.42 | 2.72 | 8.98 | |
| AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 46,663 | 29.19 | 1.49 | 7.39 | |
| INC | Ali Imran Ramz | 14,477 | 9.06 | 2.56 | 1.43 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 327 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.06 | |
| Others | 4,982 | 3.12 | 6.98 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 46,739 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,59,851 | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | |||||
In the 2021 election,Krishna Kalyani ofBJP defeated his nearest rival Kanaia Lal Agarwal ofAITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Krishna Kalyani | 79,775 | 49.44 | +40.75 | |
| AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 59,027 | 36.58 | +11.95 | |
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 17,198 | 10.66 | −48.32 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,468 | 1.53 | +0.20 | |
| Independent | Raju Paul | 1,361 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,61,347 | ||||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Mohit Sengupta ofINC defeated his nearest rival Purnendu Dey ofAITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 87,983 | 58.98 | +9.29 | |
| AITC | Purnendu Dey (Bablu) | 36,736 | 24.63 | ||
| BJP | Pradip Sarkar | 12,961 | 8.69 | +6.28 | |
| SP | Arun Chandra Dey | 6,154 | 4.13 | −41.29 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,985 | 1.33 | ||
| Majority | 51,247 | 34.35 | |||
| Turnout | 1,49,168 | 83.39 | −1.34 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohit Sengupta | 62,864 | 49.69 | +2.99 | |
| SP | Kiranmoy Nanda | 57,455 | 45.42 | ||
| BJP | Sachindra Nath Das | 3,053 | 2.41 | ||
| Independent | Manjit Mandal | 1,064 | |||
| SUCI | Sanatan Dutta | 750 | |||
| BSP | Swapan Kumar Das | 734 | |||
| IPFB | Anindya Ganguly | 586 | |||
| Turnout | 126,506 | 84.73 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2006 election, Chittaranjan Roy ofIndian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Kumar Das ofNationalist Congress Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chittaranjan Roy | 77,789 | 49.69 | +2.99 | |
| NCP | Dilip Kumar Das | 62,029 | 45.42 | ||
| BJP | Nimai Kabiraj | 10,660 | 2.41 | ||
| Independent | Subhas Barman | 3813 | |||
| Independent | Naresh Chandra Barman | 2909 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Ajit Kumar Das | 2772 | |||
| Independent | Bhajagobinda Barman | 1158 | |||
| Independent | Binoy Kumar Mallick | 1713 | |||
| BSP | Nagendra Nath Sarkar | 1404 | |||
| SP | Haradeb Kumar Barman | 1094 | |||
| Turnout | 126,506 | 84.73 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated onCPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006[6] and2001 state assembly elections[7] Chittaranjan Roy ofCongress won the 35 Raiganj Assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Dilip Kumar Das ofNCP and Harinarayan Roy ofCPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were involved multiple contestants but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996.[8] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991[9] and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987.[10] Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982.[11] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman ofJanata Party in 1977.[12][13]
Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969.[16] N.N.Kundu ofPSP won in 1967.[17] Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in1962.[18] In1957 and1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won in 1957.[19] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.[20]
