Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
By-election 1972

Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Section Title: By-election 1972
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

INC	Maya Ray	149,375

Independent	S.K.Niyogi	5,751

Independent	Md. Salimuddin	4,979

Majority	143,624

Turnout	1,60,105

INC hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated S.K.NIyogi, an Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes.

final_sentence: In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated S.K.NIyogi, an Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes.