Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Raniganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raniganj is located in West Bengal
Raniganj
Raniganj
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°37′N 87°08′E / 23.617°N 87.133°E / 23.617; 87.133Coordinates: 23°37′N 87°08′E / 23.617°N 87.133°E / 23.617; 87.133
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.278
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency40. Asansol
Electorate (year)196,907 (2011)

Raniganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Paschim Bardhaman district, state of West Bengal, India.

Overview[]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Wards 33-37,88-93 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Raniganj municipality) and Andal community development block. Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block is part of Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Amrasota, Egra, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block are part of Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[1]

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

Members of 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 Ondal Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay and Dhawajadhari Mondal Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Raniganj Lakshan Bagdi Communist Party of India[4]
1967 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1977 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001 Bansa Gopal Chowdhry Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006 Haradhan Jha Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15][16]
2011 Ali Sohrab All India Trinamool Congress[17][18]
2016 Runu Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
2021 Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[20]

Election results[]

2021[]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj [20]
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 [19]
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[21][22][23]
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.[24]

1951–1972[]

Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI won in 1962. In 1957, there was a seat at Ondal. It was won by Dhawadhari Mondal and Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.[25]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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  4. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 297. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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  8. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 322. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 352. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 344. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 352. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 361. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 369. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly election - constituency wise reults". Raniganj. Rediff.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  16. ^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Raniganj. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raniganj. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Raniagnj. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Ranganj Assembly Elections 2016". Raniganj Assembly Elections 2016 votes. India.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  20. ^ a b "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Raniganj. Times Now. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Raniganj". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  22. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raniganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  23. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raniganj. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  24. ^ "261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  25. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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