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.
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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.
Assembly segments
Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum
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:
<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>Reservation</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>29</td><td>Islampur</td><td>None</td><td>Uttar Dinajpur</td><td>Abdul Karim Chowdhury</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Goalpokhar</td><td>Mohammad Ghulam Rabbani</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Chakulia</td><td>Minhajul Arfin Azad</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Karandighi</td><td>Goutam Paul</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Hemtabad</td><td>SC</td><td>Satyajit Barman</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Kaliaganj</td><td>Soumen Roy</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Raiganj</td><td>None</td><td>Krishna Kalyani</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of Parliament
Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1962</td><td>Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>Siddharta Shankar Ray</td></tr><tr><td>1972^</td><td>Maya Ray</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Md. Hayat Ali</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Lok Dal</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Golam Yazdani</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Subrata Mukherjee</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Deepa Dasmunsi</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Mohammed Salim</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Debasree Chaudhuri</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Kartick Chandra Paul</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
General election 2024
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Kartick Chandra Paul</td><td>560,897</td><td>40.99</td><td>0.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Krishna Kalyani</td><td>4,92,700</td><td>36.00</td><td>0.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)</td><td>2,63,273</td><td>19.24</td><td>12.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,940</td><td>0.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>68,197</td><td>4.99</td><td>0.25</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>13,68,471</td><td>76.18</td><td>3.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2019
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Debasree Chaudhuri</td><td>511,652</td><td>40.08</td><td>21.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Kanaia Lal Agarwal</td><td>4,51,078</td><td>35.32</td><td>17.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Mohammed Salim</td><td>1,83,039</td><td>14.25</td><td>14.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Deepa Dasmunshi</td><td>83,662</td><td>6.55</td><td>21.95</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>60,574</td><td>4.74</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,78,076</td><td>79.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>18.26</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2014
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Mohammed Salim</td><td>317,515</td><td>29.00</td><td>−9.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Deepa Dasmunshi</td><td>3,15,881</td><td>28.50</td><td>−21.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nimu Bhowmik</td><td>2,03,131</td><td>18.32</td><td>+14.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi</td><td>1,92,634</td><td>17.39</td><td>+17.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Sudip Ranjan Sen</td><td>32,303</td><td>2.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Dulal Rajbanshi</td><td>8,592</td><td>0.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Swapan Kumar Das</td><td>5,629</td><td>0.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Subrata Adhikary</td><td>5,548</td><td>0.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JDP</td><td>Bablu Soren</td><td>5,544</td><td>0.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Pasarul Alam</td><td>3,614</td><td>0.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIUDF</td><td>Zameerul Hasan</td><td>3,471</td><td>0.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMB</td><td>Nandakishor Singha</td><td>3,338</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>10,929</td><td>0.99</td><td>−−−</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,634</td><td>0.15</td><td>−11.56</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,08,193</td><td>79.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.82</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2009
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Deepa Dasmunsi</td><td>451,776</td><td>50.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Bireswar Lahiri</td><td>346,573</td><td>38.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Gopesh Chandra Sarkar</td><td>37,645</td><td>4.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdul Karim Chowdhary</td><td>18,427</td><td>2.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manas Jana</td><td>10,426</td><td>1.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Akhil Ranjan Mondal</td><td>7,592</td><td>0.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RDMP</td><td>Faiz Rahaman</td><td>7,834</td><td>0.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Suleman Hafiji</td><td>4,316</td><td>0.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Upendra Nath Das</td><td>4,157</td><td>0.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anil Biswas</td><td>3,844</td><td>0.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Nachhir Ali Pramanik</td><td>3,212</td><td>0.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>Matiur Rahman</td><td>2,597</td><td>0.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,05,203</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>8,98,399</td><td>81.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Abdul Karim Chowdhary, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.
General election 2004
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi</td><td>421,904</td><td>46.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Minati Ghosh</td><td>382,757</td><td>41.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Dr. Zainal Abedin</td><td>57,931</td><td>6.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Anil Biswas</td><td>11,205</td><td>1.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Ajit Das</td><td>11,154</td><td>1.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Subrata Adhikary</td><td>9,914</td><td>1.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sukamal Biswas</td><td>9,624</td><td>1.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NCP</td><td>Achintya Tarafdar</td><td>7,037</td><td>0.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ashis Saha</td><td>6,056</td><td>0.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,13,637</td><td>79.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
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 Maldaha Assembly constituency. In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival S.K. Niyogi, a United Front-supported Independent Candidate, by 143,624 votes, thus breaking the record of Siddhartha Shankar Ray who had won the seat in 1971 by 64,007 votes.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Maya Ray</td><td>149,375</td><td>93.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S.K.Niyogi</td><td>5,751</td><td>3.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Md. Salimuddin</td><td>4,979</td><td>3.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>143,624</td><td>89.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,60,105</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1971
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Siddhartha Shankar Ray</td><td>147,360</td><td>47.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Subodh Sen</td><td>83,353</td><td>41.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>Nirmal Kumar Basu</td><td>34,956</td><td>11.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NC(O)</td><td>Muzaffar Hussain</td><td>18,962</td><td>6.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>Md. Salimuddin</td><td>12,786</td><td>4.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,13,637</td><td>79.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>64,007</td><td>(20.5%)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>