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, 2004
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2004
39,147
4.27% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
CPMMinati Ghosh
- Votes
- 3,82,757
- Vote share
- 41.71%
- Behind by
- 39,147
Electors
11,47,290
Total votes polled
9,17,582
Valid votes
9,17,582
NOTA votes
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Turnout
80.0%
Full result, 2004
9 candidates · 9,17,582 valid votes
Priya Ranjan DasmunsiINCwon
4,21,904
46.0%
Minati GhoshCPM
3,82,757
41.7%
Abedin Dr. ZainalAITC
57,931
6.3%
Anil BiswasBSP
11,205
1.2%
Ajit DasCPI(ML)(L)
11,154
1.2%
Subrata AdhikaryIND
9,914
1.1%
Sukumal BiswasIND
9,624
1.1%
Achintya TarafdarIND
7,037
0.8%
Ashis SahaSP
6,056
0.7%
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
