RAIGANJ
Constituency no. 5 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called RAIGANJ. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2024
KARTICK CHANDRA PAUL
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2024
68,197
4.98% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
AITCKALYANI KRISHNA
- Votes
- 4,92,700
- Vote share
- 36.00%
- Behind by
- 68,197
Electors
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Total votes polled
13,68,471
Valid votes
13,68,471
NOTA votes
1,940
0.14% of votes polled
Turnout
—
Full result, 2024
20 candidates · 13,68,471 valid votes
KARTICK CHANDRA PAULBJPwon
5,60,897
41.0%
KALYANI KRISHNAAITC
4,92,700
36.0%
ALI IMRAN RAMZINC
2,63,273
19.2%
DWARIK NATH BARMANIND
8,264
0.6%
MD NAZIR AKHTARIND
6,005
0.4%
KALIDASH MURMUIND
5,868
0.4%
SWAPAN KUMAR DASBSP
4,117
0.3%
RUPAK ROYIND
3,358
0.2%
FAKIRA MDIND
3,355
0.2%
DURGA MURMUAPI
3,334
0.2%
PALASH CHANDRA MAHATOIND
3,114
0.2%
ALI IMRANIND
1,946
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 20. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | KARTICK CHANDRA PAUL | BJP | 5,60,897 | 40.99% | KALYANI KRISHNA | 68,197 |
| 2019 | DEBASREE CHAUDHURI | BJP | 5,11,652 | 40.06% | AGARWAL KANAIALAL | 60,574 |
| 2014 | MD. SALIM | CPM | 3,17,515 | 28.65% | DEEPA DASMUNSI | 1,634 |
| 2009 | DEEPA DASMUNSI | INC | 4,51,776 | 50.29% | BIRESWAR LAHIRI | 1,05,203 |
| 2004 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | INC | 4,21,904 | 45.98% | Minati Ghosh | 39,147 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above