# Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Raniganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 33–37, 88-93 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Andal community development block.
Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Raniganj | Pashupatinath Malia and Banku Behari Mandal | Independent and Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | No seat | - | - |
| 1962 | | Lakshan Bagdi | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Bansa Gopal Chowdhry | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Haradhan Jha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Ali Sohrab | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Runu Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | | Tapas Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Adv. Tapas Banerjee | 78,164 | 42.90 | +24.84 |
| | BJP | Dr. Bijan Mukherjee | 74,608 | 40.95 | +22.60 |
| | CPI(M) | Hemant Kumar Prabhakar | 21,658 | 11.90 | −71.12 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,006 | 1.10 | |
| | JD(U) | Raj Kumar | 1,612 | 0.88 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,556 | 1.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,82,257 | 72.67 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Runu Dutta | 74,995 | 42.32 | −4.38 |
| | AITC | Nargis Bano | 62,610 | 35.33 | −12.50 |
| | BJP | Manish Sharma | 32,214 | 18.17 | +14.66 |
| | BSP | Ajit Badyakar | 2,599 | 1.46 | |
| | BMP | Mamoni Orang | 2,081 | 1.17 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,708 | 1.52 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,385 | 6.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,77,288 | 77.31 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Md. Sohrab Ali | 73,810 | 47.83 | +14.99# |
| | CPI(M) | Runu Dutta | 72,059 | 46.70 | −25.59 |
| | BJP | Shobhapati Singh | 5,423 | 3.51 | |
| | JD(U) | Rajkumar Paswan | 3,016 | 1.95 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,751 | 1.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,453 | 78.35 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +40.58# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly election, the Raniganj assembly seat was won by Haradhan Jha of CPI (M). He defeated his nearest rival Jitendra Tiwari of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987, Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI (M) won the seat defeating his nearest rivals Sampa Sarkar, Senapati Mondal, Sankar Dutta and Kalyani Biswas (all of Congress) in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Hare Krishna Goswami and Sarojakshya Mukherjee (both of Congress) in the respective years.

### 1951–1972

Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI won in 1962. The Raniganj seat was not there in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.