# Raiganj Assembly constituency

Raiganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 35 Raiganj Assembly constituency covers Raiganj municipality, and Bahin, Maraikup, Gouri, Kamalabati I and Kamalabati II gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.
Raiganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | MLA | Party |
| Raiganj constituency ||||
| 1951 | Shyama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress |
| | Ghulam Hamidur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Haji Badruddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress |
| | Shyama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Ramendranath Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | NN Kundu | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Manash Roy | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Ramendranath Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Ramendranath Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India |
| 1982 | Dipendra Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India |
| 1991 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India |
| 1996 | Dilip Kumar Das | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Chittaranjan Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | Chittaranjan Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | Mohit Sengupta | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | Mohit Sengupta | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | Krishna Kalyani | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024^ | Krishna Kalyani | Trinamool Congress |
* ^ denotes by-election

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 86,479 | 57.97 | 21.39 |
| | BJP | Manas Kumar Ghosh | 36,402 | 24.4 | 25.04 |
| | INC | Mohit Sengupta | 23,116 | 15.5 | 4.84 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,710 | 1.15 | 0.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50,077 | 33.57 | 20.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,183 | 71.99 | |
| | AITC gain from BJP | AITC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2024 General elections

2024 Indian General Election: Raiganj Assembly constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% (2019) | ±% (2021) |
| | BJP | Kartick Paul | 93,402 | 58.42 | 2.72 | 8.98 |
| | AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 46,663 | 29.19 | 1.49 | 7.39 |
| | INC | Ali Imran Ramz | 14,477 | 9.06 | 2.56 | 1.43 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 327 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.06 |
| | Others | | 4,982 | 3.12 | 6.98 | 0.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46,739 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,59,851 | | | |
| BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | | |

### 2021

In the 2021 election, Krishna Kalyani of BJP defeated his nearest rival Kanaia Lal Agarwal of AITC.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Krishna Kalyani | 79,775 | 49.44 | +40.75 |
| | AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 59,027 | 36.58 | +11.95 |
| | INC | Mohit Sengupta | 17,198 | 10.66 | −48.32 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,468 | 1.53 | +0.20 |
| | Independent | Raju Paul | 1,361 | 0.84 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,347 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Mohit Sengupta of INC defeated his nearest rival Purnendu Dey of AITC.
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mohit Sengupta | 87,983 | 58.98 | +9.29 |
| | AITC | Purnendu Dey (Bablu) | 36,736 | 24.63 | |
| | BJP | Pradip Sarkar | 12,961 | 8.69 | +6.28 |
| | SP | Arun Chandra Dey | 6,154 | 4.13 | −41.29 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,985 | 1.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,168 | 83.39 | −1.34 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raiganj constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mohit Sengupta | 62,864 | 49.69 | +2.99 |
| | SP | Kiranmoy Nanda | 57,455 | 45.42 | |
| | BJP | Sachindra Nath Das | 3,053 | 2.41 | |
| | Independent | Manjit Mandal | 1,064 | | |
| | SUCI | Sanatan Dutta | 750 | | |
| | BSP | Swapan Kumar Das | 734 | | |
| | IPFB | Anindya Ganguly | 586 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,506 | 84.73 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2006

In the 2006 election, Chittaranjan Roy of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Kumar Das of Nationalist Congress Party.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Raiganj constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Chittaranjan Roy | 77,789 | 49.69 | +2.99 |
| | NCP | Dilip Kumar Das | 62,029 | 45.42 | |
| | BJP | Nimai Kabiraj | 10,660 | 2.41 | |
| | Independent | Subhas Barman | 3813 | | |
| | Independent | Naresh Chandra Barman | 2909 | | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Ajit Kumar Das | 2772 | | |
| | Independent | Bhajagobinda Barman | 1158 | | |
| | Independent | Binoy Kumar Mallick | 1713 | | |
| | BSP | Nagendra Nath Sarkar | 1404 | | |
| | SP | Haradeb Kumar Barman | 1094 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,506 | 84.73 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |
.# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Chittaranjan Roy of Congress won the 35 Raiganj Assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dilip Kumar Das of NCP and Harinarayan Roy of CPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996. Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991 and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987. Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982. Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of Janata Party in 1977.

### 1951–1972

Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969. N.N.Kundu of PSP won in 1967. Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won in 1957. Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.