Raniganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raniganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Paschim Bardhaman district, state of West Bengal, India.

For constituency with same name in Bihar, see Raniganj, Araria (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Raniganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raniganj
Location in West Bengal
Raniganj
Raniganj (India)
Coordinates: 23°37′N 87°08′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.278
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency40. Asansol
Electorate (year)196,907 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Raniganj municipality and Andal community development block. Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block is part of Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Amrasota, Egra, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block are part of Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[1]

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

Election results

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj
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 177,207
CPI (M) gain from AITC Swing

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raniganj [2][3][4]
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
Turnout 154,308 78.37
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +40.58#

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

 
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

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.[5]

1951–1972

Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI won in 1962. In 1957, there was a seat at Ondal. It was won by Dhawadhari Mondal and Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.[6]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "Raniganj". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raniganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raniganj. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  5. "261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  6. "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.
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