Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency explained

Raniganj
Type:SLA
Mla:Tapas Banerjee
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:Paschim Bardhaman
Loksabha Cons:Asansol
Constituency No:278
Established:1951
Electors:196,907
Reservation:None

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.[1]

Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951RaniganjPashupatinath Malia and Banku Behari Mandal Independent and Indian National Congress[2]
1957No seat--
1962Lakshan BagdiCommunist Party of India[3]
1967Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1977Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001Bansa Gopal ChowdhryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006Haradhan Jha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] [15]
2011Ali SohrabAll India Trinamool Congress[16] [17]
2016Runu DuttaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
2021Tapas BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[19]

Election results

2011

.# 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.[20]

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.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2010-08-21 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2010-09-18 .
  2. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 219 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095211/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf . 11 May 2021. 14 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 297 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf . 11 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 327 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf . 11 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  5. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 328 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf . 11 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  6. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 331 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf . 11 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  7. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 322 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf . 11 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  8. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 352 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf . 11 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 344 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf . 11 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  10. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 352 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf . 11 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  11. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 361 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf . 11 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  12. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 369 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf . 11 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  13. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 360 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . 11 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  14. Web site: West Bengal Assembly election - constituency wise results . Raniganj . Rediff.com . 11 May 2021.
  15. Web site: List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election . Raniganj . Elections.in . 13 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105555if_/http://eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/WestBengalResults.htm . 20 May 2006 . dead.
  16. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 . Raniganj . Election Commission of India . 2011-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf . 2011-09-12 .
  17. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 . Raniagnj. Elections.in . 13 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Ranganj Assembly Elections 2016 . Raniganj Assembly Elections 2016 votes . India.com . 11 May 2021.
  19. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 . Raniganj. Times Now . 11 April 2021.
  20. Web site: 261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. 2009-08-29 .
  21. Web site: Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections . 2010-10-30 . General Election Results and Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 2010-10-05 .

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