Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Raniganj (disambiguation).

Raniganj
Constituency No. 278 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Raniganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
LS constituencyAsansol
Established1951
Total electors196,907
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Raniganj Pashupatinath Malia and Banku Behari Mandal Independent and Indian National Congress[2]
1957 No seat - -
1962 Lakshan Bagdi Communist Party of India[3]
1967 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1977 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001 Bansa Gopal Chowdhry Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006 Haradhan Jha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14][15]
2011 Ali Sohrab All India Trinamool Congress[16][17]
2016 Runu Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
2021 Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[19]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Adv. Tapas Banerjee 78,164 42.90 +24.84
BJP Dr. Bijan Mukherjee 74,608 40.95 +22.60
CPI(M) Hemant Kumar Prabhakar 21,658 11.90 −71.12
NOTA None of the above 2,006 1.10
JD(U) Raj Kumar 1,612 0.88
Majority 3,556 1.97
Turnout 1,82,257 72.67
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Runu Dutta 74,995 42.32 −4.38
AITC Nargis Bano 62,610 35.33 −12.50
BJP Manish Sharma 32,214 18.17 +14.66
BSP Ajit Badyakar 2,599 1.46
BMP Mamoni Orang 2,081 1.17
NOTA None of the above 2,708 1.52
Majority 12,385 6.99
Turnout 1,77,288 77.31
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj[20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Md. Sohrab Ali 73,810 47.83 +14.99#
CPI(M) Runu Dutta 72,059 46.70 −25.59
BJP Shobhapati Singh 5,423 3.51
JD(U) Rajkumar Paswan 3,016 1.95
Majority 1,751 1.13
Turnout 1,54,453 78.35
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +40.58#

.# 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.[23]

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.[24]

References

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  20. ^ "Raniganj". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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