Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1962-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Mohammed Salim |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,387,526[1] |
| 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:[2]
- 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)
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | West Dinajpur | Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress [3] |
| Second | 1957-62 | Selku Mardi | Indian National Congress [4] | |
| Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress | |||
| Third | 1962-67 | Raiganj | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress [5] |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress [6] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Siddharta Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress[7] | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Md. Hayat Ali | Bharatiya Lok Dal[8] | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress[9] | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress [10] | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress [11] | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12] | |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13] | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14] | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress[15] | |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress [16] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Deepa Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress[17] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18] |
Election results
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 3,93,515 | 29.00 | -9.93 | |
| INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 3,91,881 | 28.50 | -21.79 | |
| BJP | Nimu Bhowmik | 2,03,131 | 18.32 | +14.14 | |
| Trinamool Congress | Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi | 1,92,634 | 17.39 | +17.39 | |
| SP | Sudip Ranjan Sen | 32,303 | 2.91 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Dulal Rajbanshi | 8,592 | 0.78 | ||
| BSP | Swapan Kumar Das | 5,629 | 0.51 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Adhikary | 5,548 | 0.50 | ||
| JDP | Bablu Soren | 5,544 | 0.50 | ||
| AAP | Pasarul Alam | 3,614 | 0.33 | ||
| AIUDF | Zameerul Hasan | 3,471 | 0.31 | ||
| Amra Bangalee | Nandakishor Singha | 3,338 | 0.30 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 10,929 | 0.99 | --- | |
| Majority | 1,634 | 0.15 | -11.56 | ||
| Turnout | 11,08,193 | 79.87 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | -20.82 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
| 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) Liberation | 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 | ||||
Abdul Karim Chowdhary,contesting as a Independent candidate,was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.
General elections1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
| 1951 | 149,398 | 30.84 | Sunil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | 59.45 | Indian National Congress | Narendra Mohan Sen | 40.55 | Communist Party of India[3] |
| 1957 | 608460 | 41.28 | Selku Mardi | 29.12 | Indian National Congress | |||
| Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | 26.18 | Indian National Congress | Narendra Mohan Sen | 20.88 | Communist Party of India[4] | |||
| 1962 | 200,085 | 43.89 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | 42.51 | Indian National Congress | Asoke Nath Sen | 27.23 | Communist Party of India[5] |
| 1967 | 276,115 | 56.67 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | 26.96 | Indian National Congress | N.K.Bose | 26.58 | Forward Bloc[6] |
| 1972 | 311,567 | 54.83 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 49.55 | Indian National Congress | Subodh Sen | 28.03 | CPI(M)[7] |
| 1977 | 347,200 | 61.60 | Md. Hayat Ali | 56.08 | BLD | Abedin Anowarul | 36.13 | Congress[8] |
| 1980 | 482,480 | 69.61 | Golam Yazdani | 41.86 | Congress | Abdul Hafiz | 41.58 | CPI(M)[9] |
| 1984 | 574,540 | 76.87 | Golam Yazdani | 48.39 | Congress | Subrata Mukherjee | 44.79 | CPI(M)[10] |
| 1989 | 763,800 | 75.05 | Golam Yazdani | NA | Congress | Subrata Mukherjee | 45.25 | CPI(M)[11] |
| 1991 | 763,110 | 75.05 | Subrata Mukherjee | 41.85 | CPI(M) | Golam Yazdani | 37.80 | Congress[12] |
| 1996 | 901,720 | 81.15 | Subrata Mukherjee | 43.79 | CPI(M) | Golam Yazdani | 42.54 | Congress[13] |
| 1998 | 898,300 | 79.76 | Subrata Mukherjee | 39.76 | CPI(M) | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 39.05 | Congress[14] |
| 1999 | 885.41 | 77.35 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 46.74 | Congress | Subrata Mukherjee | 38.15 | CPI(M)[15] |
| 2004 | 917,760 | 79.99 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 45.98 | Congress | Minati Ghosh | 41.71 | CPI(M)[16] |
Note: In 1951 and 1957 the contest was in the West Dinajpur constituency. From 1962, it was Raiganj constituency.
References
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- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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See also
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