| Raiganj | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Krishna Kalyani |
| Incumbent Image: | Krishna Kalyani Giving Speech.jpg |
| Party: | Trinamool Congress |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Loksabha Cons: | Raiganj |
| Constituency No: | 35 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Electors: | 198,780 |
| Reservation: | None |
Raiganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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.[1]
Raiganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raiganj constituency | |||
| 1951 | Shyama Prasad Barman | ||
| Ghulam Hamidur Rahman | |||
| 1957 | Haji Badruddin Ahmed | ||
| Shyama Prasad Barman | |||
| 1962 | Ramendranath Dutta | ||
| 1967 | NN Kundu | ||
| 1969 | Manash Roy | ||
| 1971 | Ramendranath Dutta | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | ||
| 1982 | Dipendra Barman | ||
| 1987 | Khagendra Nath Sinha | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Dilip Kumar Das | ||
| 2001 | Chittaranjan Roy | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Mohit Sengupta | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Krishna Kalyani | ||
| 2024^ | |||
| 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 | 46,739 | ||||||
| Turnout | 1,59,851 | ||||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||||
In the 2021 election, Krishna Kalyani of BJP defeated his nearest rival Kanaia Lal Agarwal of AITC.
In the 2016 election, Mohit Sengupta of INC defeated his nearest rival Purnendu Dey of AITC.
In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.
In the 2006 election, Chittaranjan Roy of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Kumar Das of Nationalist Congress Party.
.# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006[2] and 2001 state assembly elections[3] 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.[4] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991[5] and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987.[6] Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982.[7] Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of Janata Party in 1977.[8] [9]
Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1972[10] and 1971.[11] Manash Roy of CPI(M) won in 1969.[12] N.N.Kundu of PSP won in 1967.[13] Ramendranath Dutta of Congress won in 1962.[14] In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won in 1957.[15] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won in 1951.[16]