Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Raiganj in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Uttar Dinajpur district.
Raiganj | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
![]() Debasree Chaudhuri, present Member of Parliament | |
Incumbent | Debasree Chaudhuri |
Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1962-present |
Reservation | None |
State | West Bengal |
Total Electors | 1,387,526[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | Islampur Goalpokhar Chakulia Karandighi Hemtabad (SC) Kaliaganj (SC) Raiganj |
Assembly segments
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As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 5 Raiganj is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]
- Islampur (assembly constituency no. 29)
- Goalpokhar (assembly constituency no. 30)
- Chakulia (assembly constituency no. 31)
- Karandighi (assembly constituency no. 32)
- Hemtabad (SC) (assembly constituency no. 33)
- Kaliaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 34)
- Raiganj (assembly constituency no. 35)
Members of Parliament
Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
---|---|---|---|
Third | 1962-67 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress [3] |
Fourth | 1967-71 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress [4] |
Fifth | 1971-72 | Siddharta Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress[5] |
Bye Election, 1972 | 1972-77 | Maya Ray | Indian National Congress[6] |
Sixth | 1977-80 | Md. Hayat Ali | Bharatiya Lok Dal[7] |
Seventh | 1980-84 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress[8] |
Eighth | 1984-89 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress [9] |
Ninth | 1989-91 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress [10] |
Tenth | 1991-96 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress [11] |
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress [12] |
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress [13] |
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress[14] |
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress [15] |
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Deepa Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress[16] |
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] |
17th Lok Sabha | 2019-Incumbent | Debasree Chaudhuri | Bharatiya Janata Party[18] |
Election results
General election 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Debasree Chaudhuri | 5,11,652 | 40.06 | +21.76 | |
AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 4,51,078 | 35.32 | -7.93 | |
CPI (M) | Mohammed Salim | 1,83,039 | 14.25 | -14.75 | |
INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 83,662 | 6.55 | -21.95 | |
Majority | 60,574 | 4.74 | |||
Turnout | 12,78,076 | 79.82 | |||
BJP gain from CPI (M) | Swing | +18.26 | |||
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage | Vote change % | |
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AITC | 22 | ![]() |
43.00 | ![]() | |
BJP | 18 | ![]() |
40.00 | ![]() | |
INC | 2 | ![]() |
6.29 | ![]() | |
Left | 0 | ![]() |
7.57 | ![]() |
Source: Election Results 2019
General election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Mohammed Salim | 3,17,515 | 29.00 | -9.93 | |
INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 3,15,881 | 28.50 | -21.79 | |
BJP | Nimu Bhowmik | 2,03,131 | 18.32 | +14.14 | |
AITC | Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi | 1,92,634 | 17.39 | +17.39 | |
SP | Sudip Ranjan Sen | 32,303 | 2.91 | ||
SUCI(C) | Dulal Rajbanshi | 8,592 | 0.78 | ||
BSP | Swapan Kumar Das | 5,629 | 0.51 | ||
Independent | Subrata Adhikary | 5,548 | 0.50 | ||
JDP | Bablu Soren | 5,544 | 0.50 | ||
AAP | Pasarul Alam | 3,614 | 0.33 | ||
AIUDF | Zameerul Hasan | 3,471 | 0.31 | ||
Amra Bangalee | Nandakishor Singha | 3,338 | 0.30 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 10,929 | 0.99 | --- | |
Majority | 1,634 | 0.15 | -11.56 | ||
Turnout | 11,08,193 | 79.87 | |||
CPI (M) gain from INC | Swing | -20.82 | |||
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | 34 | ![]() |
39.3 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | ![]() |
22.7 |
Communist Party of India | 0 | ![]() |
2.3 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | ![]() |
2.4 |
Forward Bloc | 0 | ![]() |
2.1 |
Indian National Congress | 4 | ![]() |
9.6 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | ![]() |
16.8 |
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | ![]() |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Deepa Dasmunsi | 451,776 | 50.29 | ||
CPI (M) | Bireswar Lahiri | 346,573 | 38.58 | ||
BJP | Gopesh Chandra Sarkar | 37,645 | 4.19 | ||
Independent | Abdul Karim Chowdhary | 18,427 | 2.05 | ||
Independent | Manas Jana | 10,426 | 1.16 | ||
BSP | Akhil Ranjan Mondal | 7,592 | 0.85 | ||
RDMP | Faiz Rahaman | 7,834 | 0.87 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Suleman Hafiji | 4,316 | 0.48 | ||
Independent | Upendra Nath Das | 4,157 | 0.46 | ||
Independent | Anil Biswas | 3,844 | 0.43 | ||
Independent | Nachhir Ali Pramanik | 3,212 | 0.36 | ||
JD(U) | Matiur Rahman | 2,597 | 0.29 | ||
Turnout | 898,399 | 81.05 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Abdul Karim Chowdhary,contesting as an Independent candidate,was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.
General election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 421,904 | 46.20 | ||
CPI (M) | Minati Ghosh | 382,757 | 41.90 | ||
AITC | Dr. Zainal Abedin | 57,931 | 6.30 | ||
BSP | Anil Biswas | 11,205 | 1.20 | ||
CPI(ML) (Liberation) | Ajit Das | 11,154 | 1.20 | ||
Independent | Subrata Adhikary | 9,914 | 1.10 | ||
Independent | Sukamal Biswas | 9,624 | 1.10 | ||
NCP | Achintya Tarafdar | 7,037 | 0.80 | ||
Independent | Ashis Saha | 6,056 | 0.70 | ||
Turnout | 9,13,637 | 79.6 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
By-election 1972
A by-election was held in this constituency in 1972 which was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MP Siddhartha Shankar Ray and his subsequent election to the State Assembly from the Chowranghee (Vidhan Sabha constituency). In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival S.K.NIyogi of United Front Supported Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes,thus breaking the record of Siddhartha Shankar Ray who had won the seat in 2009 by 64,007 votes.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Maya Ray | 149,375 | |||
Independent | S.K.Niyogi | 5,751 | |||
Independent | Md. Salimuddin | 4,979 | |||
Majority | 143,624 | ||||
Turnout | 1,60,105 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
General election 1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 147,360 | 47.30 | ||
CPI (M) | Subodh Sen | 83,353 | 41.90 | ||
AIFB | Nirmal Kumar Basu | 34,956 | 11.20 | ||
NC(O) | Muzaffar Hussain | 18,962 | 6.10 | ||
PSP | Md. Salimuddin | 12,786 | 4.10 | ||
Turnout | 9,13,637 | 79.6 | |||
Majority | 64,007 | (20.5%) | |||
INC hold | Swing |
References
- "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Maya Roy Won Raiganj Bye Poll In 1972 as Congress Candidate by a Big Margin". The Hindu, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
See also
- Raiganj
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha