Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: রায়গঞ্জ লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

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Assembly segments

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:[1]

In 2004, Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Election results

General Election, 2009: Raiganj[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Congress Deepa Dasmunsi 451,776
CPI(M) Bireswar Lahiri 346,573
BJP Gopesh Chandra Sarkar 37,645
Independent Abdul Karim Chowdhary 18,427
Independent Manas Jana 10,426
BSP Akhil Ranjan Mondal 7,592
RDMP Faiz Rahaman 7,834
CPI(ML)(L) Suleman Hafiji 4,316
Independent Upendra Nath Das 4,157
Independent Anil Biswas 3,844
Independent Nachhir Ali Pramanik 3,212
JD(U) Matiur Rahman 2,597
Turnout 896,087
Congress hold Swing

Results prior to 2009

Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below:

1951-1971

The winners are shown below. [4]

Year Winner Party
1951[5] Ranjan Chattopadhyay Congress
1957[5] Selku Mardi Congress
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Congress
1962 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Congress
1967 Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Congress
1971 Siddhartha Shankar Ray Congress

1977-2004

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1977[6] 347,200 61.60 Md. Hayat Ali 56.08 BLD Abedin Anowarul 36.13 Congress
1980 482,480 69.61 Golam Yazdani 41.86 Congress Abdul Hafiz 41.58 CPI(M)
1984 574,540 76.87 Golam Yazdani 48.39 Congress Subrata Mukherjee 44.79 CPI(M)
1989 763,800 75.05 Golam Yazdani NA Congress Subrata Mukherjee 45.25 CPI(M)
1991 763,110 75.05 Subrata Mukherjee 41.85 CPI(M) Golam Yazdani 37.80 Congress
1996 901,720 81.15 Subrata Mukherjee 43.79 CPI(M) Golam Yazdani 42.54 Congress
1998 898,300 79.76 Subrata Mukherjee 39.76 CPI(M) Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 39.05 Congress
1999 885.41 77.35 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 46.74 Congress Subrata Mukherjee 38.15 CPI(M)
2004 917,760 79.99 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 45.98 Congress Minati Ghosh 41.71 CPI(M)

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-25. 
  4. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  5. ^ a b In 1951 and 1957 it was West Dinajpur constituency
  6. ^ "5 - Raiganj Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp05.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal
Before Delimitation
After Delimitation
General
Subdivisions
Locations
other than cities and towns
Municipalities
Community development blocks
Rivers
Transport
Lok Sabha constituencies
  • Raiganj
Vidhan Sabha constituencies
See also
  • Cities and towns in Uttar Dinajpur district
  • Villages in Uttar Dinajpur district
Other districts in West Bengal
  • Bankura
  • Bardhaman
  • Birbhum
  • Cooch Behar
  • Dakshin Dinajpur
  • Darjeeling
  • Hooghly
  • Howrah
  • Jalpaiguri
  • Kolkata
  • Malda
  • Murshidabad
  • Nadia
  • North 24 Parganas
  • Paschim Medinipur
  • Purba Medinipur
  • South 24 Parganas
  • Purulia
Surrounding areas outside West Bengal