Lok Sabha Constituency

Raiganj

Constituency No. 5· West BengalGeneral

Raiganj is Lok Sabha constituency No. 5 in West Bengal, reserved category: General. It covers the district of Uttar Dinajpur. The seat is made up of 9 assembly segments. At the 2024 general election it had 17,82,100 electors, of whom 77.57% voted.

State
West Bengal
Constituency No.
5
Category
General
Assembly Segments
9
Districts Covered
Uttar Dinajpur
Last Election
2024

Current Member of Parliament

Kartick Chandra Paul

Kartick Chandra Paul

Bharatiya Janata Party
Member of Parliament · Raiganj (Lok Sabha)
First Elected
2024
Re-elected
—
Terms at this seat
1
2024 result
5,60,897
Votes
40.57%
Vote share
68,197
Victory margin

Ahead of Krishna Kalyani (All India Trinamool Congress) on 4,92,700 votes.

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Quick Facts

(2024)
Constituency No.
5
State
West Bengal
Category
General
Districts covered
Uttar Dinajpur
Assembly segments
9
Total electors
17,82,100
Male electors
9,12,400
Female electors
8,69,610
Third gender electors
90
Polling stations
1,810
Last election
2024

Election History

(3 on record)

Results for Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, back to 2014.

2024 Lok Sabha Election
(18th Lok Sabha)
Winner
Kartick Chandra Paul
Kartick Chandra Paul
Bharatiya Janata Party
5,60,897
Votes
40.57%
Vote Share
68,197
Victory Margin
Top candidates
  1. 1.Kartick Chandra PaulBJP5,60,897 · 40.57%
  2. 2.Krishna KalyaniAITC4,92,700 · 35.64%
  3. 3.Ali Imran RamzINC2,63,210 · 19.04%
2019 Lok Sabha Election
(17th Lok Sabha)
Winner
DC
Debasree Chaudhuri
Bharatiya Janata Party
5,11,652
Votes
40.08%
Vote Share
60,574
Victory Margin
Top candidates
  1. 1.Debasree ChaudhuriBJP5,11,652 · 40.08%
  2. 2.Kanaia Lal AgarwalAITC4,51,078 · 35.33%
  3. 3.Mohammed SalimCPI(M)1,82,038 · 14.26%
  4. 4.Deepa DasmunsiINC83,662 · 6.55%
2014 Lok Sabha Election
(16th Lok Sabha)
Winner
MS
Mohammed Salim
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3,17,515
Votes
29%
Vote Share
1,634
Victory Margin
Top candidates
  1. 1.Mohammed SalimCPI(M)3,17,515 · 29%
  2. 2.Deepa DasmunsiINC3,15,881 · 28.85%
  3. 3.Satya Ranjan DasmunsiAITC1,92,639 · 17.59%
  4. 4.Nimu BhowmickBJP1,92,298 · 17.56%

Assembly Segments in Raiganj

(9)

These assembly constituencies are the segments of Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency.

  • Chopra

    AC No. 28 · Uttar Dinajpur
    HR
    Hamidul Rahman
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA

  • Islampur

    AC No. 29 · Uttar Dinajpur
    AC
    Abdul Karim Chowdhary
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA
  • Goalpokhar
    AC No. 30 · Uttar Dinajpur
    MR
    Md. Ghulam Rabbani
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA

  • Chakulia

    AC No. 31 · Uttar Dinajpur
    AA
    Azad Minhajul Arfin
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA
  • Karandighi
    AC No. 32 · Uttar Dinajpur
    GP
    Goutam Paul
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA
  • Hemtabad
    AC No. 33 · Uttar Dinajpur
    Scheduled Caste
    SB
    Satyajit Barman
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA
  • Kaliaganj
    AC No. 34 · Uttar Dinajpur
    Scheduled Caste
    SR
    Soumen Roy
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA
  • Raiganj
    AC No. 35 · Uttar Dinajpur
    KK
    Krishna Kalyani
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA
  • Itahar
    AC No. 36 · Uttar Dinajpur
    MH
    Mosaraf Hussen
    All India Trinamool Congress
    MLA

Electorate

General election 2024
17.82 Lakh
Total Electors
9.12 Lakh
Male Electors
8.70 Lakh
Female Electors
1,810
Polling Stations
13.82 Lakh
Votes Polled
77.57%
Turnout
Voter turnout77.57%
EVM votes 13,78,000Postal votes 4,400

About Raiganj Lok Sabha Constituency

State
West Bengal
Constituency number
5
Category
General
Districts covered
Uttar Dinajpur
Assembly segments
9
Sitting member
Kartick Chandra Paul
Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Elections on record
2024, 2019, 2014
District profiles
Sources & references
  • Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha Election 2024
  • Government of West Bengal
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.
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