# 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.
* Indian National Congress (10 times) (58.82%)
* Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4 times) (23.53%)
* Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (11.76%)
* Janata Party (1 time) (5.89%)

## 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:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 29 | Islampur | Uttar Dinajpur | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 30 | Goalpokhar | Uttar Dinajpur | Md. Ghulam Rabbani | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 31 | Chakulia | Uttar Dinajpur | Minhajul Arfin Azad | Trinamool Congress | Indian National Congress |
| 32 | Karandighi | Uttar Dinajpur | Goutam Paul | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 33 | Hemtabad (SC) | Uttar Dinajpur | Satyajit Barman | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | Uttar Dinajpur | Soumen Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 35 | Raiganj | Uttar Dinajpur | Krishna Kalyani | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1962 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Siddharta Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1972^ | Maya Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Md. Hayat Ali | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1998 | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1999 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Deepa Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2019 | Debasree Chaudhuri | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Kartick Chandra Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ denotes by-elections

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kartick Chandra Paul | 560,897 | 40.99 | 0.91 |
| | AITC | Krishna Kalyani | 4,92,700 | 36.00 | 0.68 |
| | INC | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | 2,63,273 | 19.24 | 12.69 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,940 | 0.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68,197 | 4.99 | 0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,68,471 | 76.18 | 3.64 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Debasree Chaudhuri | 511,652 | 40.08 | 21.76 |
| | AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 4,51,078 | 35.32 | 17.93 |
| | CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 1,83,039 | 14.25 | 14.75 |
| | INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 83,662 | 6.55 | 21.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60,574 | 4.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,78,076 | 79.82 | |
| | BJP gain from CPI(M) | BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 18.26 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 317,515 | 29.00 | −9.93 |
| | INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 3,15,881 | 28.50 | −21.79 |
| | BJP | Nimu Bhowmik | 2,03,131 | 18.32 | +14.14 |
| | AITC | 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 | |
| | AMB | Nandakishor Singha | 3,338 | 0.30 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 10,929 | 0.99 | −−− |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,634 | 0.15 | −11.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,08,193 | 79.87 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | -20.82 | |

### General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Raiganj :
| Party | 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)L | 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 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,05,203 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,98,399 | 81.05 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |
Abdul Karim Chowdhary, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 421,904 | 46.20 |
| | CPI(M) | Minati Ghosh | 382,757 | 41.90 |
| | AITC | Dr. Zainal Abedin | 57,931 | 6.30 |
| | BSP | Anil Biswas | 11,205 | 1.20 |
| | CPI(ML)L | Ajit Das | 11,154 | 1.20 |
| | Independent | Subrata Adhikary | 9,914 | 1.10 |
| | Independent | Sukamal Biswas | 9,624 | 1.10 |
| | NCP | Achintya Tarafdar | 7,037 | 0.80 |
| | Independent | Ashis Saha | 6,056 | 0.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,13,637 | 79.6 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 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 of 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.
Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1972: Raiganj constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Maya Ray | 149,375 | 93.3 |
| | Independent | S.K.Niyogi | 5,751 | 3.59 |
| | Independent | Md. Salimuddin | 4,979 | 3.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143,624 | 89.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,60,105 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1971

General Election, 1971: Raiganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 147,360 | 47.30 |
| | CPI(M) | Subodh Sen | 83,353 | 41.90 |
| | AIFB | Nirmal Kumar Basu | 34,956 | 11.20 |
| | NC(O) | Muzaffar Hussain | 18,962 | 6.10 |
| | PSP | Md. Salimuddin | 12,786 | 4.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,13,637 | 79.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64,007 | (20.5%) |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |