Raina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raina (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born (village-Subaldaha) in this Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

Raina
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raina
Location in West Bengal
Raina
Raina (India)
Coordinates: 23°04′N 87°53′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
Constituency No.261
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency38. Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Electorate (year)209,643 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 261 Raina (SC) assembly constituency covers Raina II community development block and Hijalna, Natu, Palsona, Sehara, Narugram, Shyamsundar, and Rayna gram panchayats of Raina I community development block.[1]

Raina assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raina [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Basudeb Khan 98,897 51.12 -15.31
AITC Nepal Ghorui 86,676 44.80 +13.22#
BJP Pandit Krishna Chandra 3,241 1.68
People’s Democratic Conference of India Asit Rana 2,611
BSP Protul Biswas 1,024
JDP Adhir Roy 1,004
Turnout 193,453 92.28
CPI (M) hold Swing -28.53#

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

 
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 13
Forward bloc 1 0
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

Swapan Samanta of CPI(M) won the Raina assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Nityananda Tah of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Shyamaprosad Pal of CPI(M) defeated Arup Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress and Arabinda Bhattacharyya of Congress, in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Dhirendranath Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sunil Das, Uday Sankar Sain and Sukumar Chattopadhyay, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Ram Narayan Goswami of CPI(M) defeated Ajit Krishna Bhattacharya of Congress.[5]

1951-1972

Sukumar Chattopadhyay of Congress won the seat in 1972, and in 1971, it was won by Gokulananda Roy of CPI(M). Panchu Gopal Guha of CPI(M) won it in 1969, and Dasarathi Tah of PSP won it in 1967. Prabodh Kumar Guha of Congress won the seat in 1962. It was a double member seat in 1957 and 1951. In 1957, Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray, both representing PSP, won the seats. In the first state assembly elections after independence in 1951, Dasarathi Tah and Mritunjoy Pramanik, both representing KMPP, won the Raina seats.[6]

References

  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "Raina". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raina. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raina. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  5. "273 – Raina Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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