| Raniganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 278 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Raniganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 196,907 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Raniganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 33–37, 88-93 ofAsansol Municipal Corporation andAndal community development block.[1]
Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Adv. Tapas Banerjee | 78,164 | 42.90 | +24.84 | |
| BJP | Dr. Bijan Mukherjee | 74,608 | 40.95 | +22.60 | |
| CPI(M) | Hemant Kumar Prabhakar | 21,658 | 11.90 | −71.12 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,006 | 1.10 | ||
| JD(U) | Raj Kumar | 1,612 | 0.88 | ||
| Majority | 3,556 | 1.97 | |||
| Turnout | 1,82,257 | 72.67 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Runu Dutta | 74,995 | 42.32 | −4.38 | |
| AITC | Nargis Bano | 62,610 | 35.33 | −12.50 | |
| BJP | Manish Sharma | 32,214 | 18.17 | +14.66 | |
| BSP | Ajit Badyakar | 2,599 | 1.46 | ||
| BMP | Mamoni Orang | 2,081 | 1.17 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,708 | 1.52 | ||
| Majority | 12,385 | 6.99 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,288 | 77.31 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Md. Sohrab Ali | 73,810 | 47.83 | +14.99# | |
| CPI(M) | Runu Dutta | 72,059 | 46.70 | −25.59 | |
| BJP | Shobhapati Singh | 5,423 | 3.51 | ||
| JD(U) | Rajkumar Paswan | 3,016 | 1.95 | ||
| Majority | 1,751 | 1.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,54,453 | 78.35 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +40.58# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
In the2006 state assembly election, the Raniganj assembly seat was won by Haradhan Jha ofCPI (M). He defeated his nearest rival Jitendra Tiwari ofTrinamool 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 ofCongress) 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]
Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi ofCPI won in1962. The Raniganj seat was not there in1957. Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.[8]
