Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
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| Existence | 1962-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Party | Congress |
| Elected Year | 2009 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,108,382 |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Islampur Goalpokhar Chakulia Karandighi Hemtabad (SC) Kaliaganj (SC) Raiganj |
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.
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]
- 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)
In 2004, Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Goalpokhar (assembly constituency no. 29)
- Karandighi (assembly constituency no. 30)
- Raiganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 31)
- Itahar (assembly constituency no. 34)
- Kharba (assembly constituency no. 41)
- Harishchandrapur (assembly constituency no. 42)
- Ratua (assembly constituency no. 43)
Election results
| General Election, 2009: Raiganj[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 19 |  18 |
| Indian National Congress | 6 | 0 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 |  17 |
| Communist Party of India | 2 | 1 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 1 |
| Forward bloc | 2 | 1 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 1 |
Source: List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha
Statitical Report on General Elections 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha
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
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ↑ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 In 1951 and 1957 it was West Dinajpur constituency
- ↑ "5 - Raiganj Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
See also
- Raiganj
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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Coordinates: 25°37′N 88°07′E / 25.62°N 88.12°E
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