5
Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
Assembly Constituencies
Islampur
Goalpokhar
Chakulia
Karandighi
Hemtabad (SC)
Kaliaganj (SC)
Raiganj
All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) are in
UttarDinajpur district.
Islampur (assembly constituency no. 29)
Goalpokhar (assembly constituency no. 30)
Chakulia (assembly constituency no. 31)
Karandighi (assembly constituency no. 32)
Hemtabad (SC) (assembly constituency no. 33)
Kaliaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 34)
Raiganj (assembly constituency no. 35)
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2019
BJP
Debasree Chaudhuri
5,11,652
40.08
AITC
Kanaia Lal Agarwal
4,51,078
35.32
CPI (M)
Mohammed Salim
1,83,039
14.25
INC
Deepa Dasmunshi
83,662
6.55
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2014
CPI (M)
Mohammed Salim
3,17,515
29.00
INC
Deepa Dasmunshi
3,15,881
28.50
BJP
Nimu Bhowmik
2,03,131
18.32
AITC
Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi
1,92,634
17.39
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2009
INC
Deepa Dasmunsi
451,776
50.29
CPI (M)
Bireswar Lahiri
346,573
38.58
BJP
Gopesh Chandra Sarkar
37,645
4.19
CPI(ML)L
Suleman Hafiji
4,316
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2004
INC
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
421,904
46.20
CPI (M)
Minati Ghosh
382,757
41.90
AITC
Dr. Zainal Abedin
57,931
6.30
CPI(ML) (Liberation)
Ajit Das
11,154
1.20
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By-election 1972[edit]
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 Chowranghee (Vidhan Sabha 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 2009 by 64,007 votes.
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INC
Maya Ray
149,375
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1971
INC
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
147,360
47.30
CPI (M)
Subodh Sen
83,353
41.90
AIFB
Nirmal Kumar Basu
34,956
11.20
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Third
1962-67
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Indian National Congress [3]
Fourth
1967-71
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Indian National Congress [4]
Fifth
1971-72
Siddharta Shankar Ray
Indian National Congress[5]
Bye Election, 1972
1972-77
Maya Ray
Indian National Congress[6]
Sixth
1977-80
Md. Hayat Ali
Bharatiya Lok Dal[7]
Seventh
1980-84
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress[8]
Eighth
1984-89
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress [9]
Ninth
1989-91
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress [10]
Tenth
1991-96
Subrata Mukherjee
Indian National Congress [11]
Eleventh
1996-98
Subrata Mukherjee
Indian National Congress [12]
Twelfth
1998-99
Subrata Mukherjee
Indian National Congress [13]
Thirteenth
1999-04
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress[14]
Fourteenth
2004-09
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress [15]
Fifteenth
2009-14
Deepa Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress[16]
Sixteenth
2014-19
Mohammed Salim
Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
17th Lok Sabha
2019-Incumbent
Debasree Chaudhuri
Bharatiya Janata Party[18]
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