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, 2014
MD. SALIM
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2014
1,634
0.15% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
INCDEEPA DASMUNSI
- Votes
- 3,15,881
- Vote share
- 28.50%
- Behind by
- 1,634
Electors
13,87,526
Total votes polled
11,08,193
Valid votes
11,08,193
NOTA votes
10,929
0.99% of votes polled
Turnout
79.9%
Full result, 2014
12 candidates · 11,08,193 valid votes
MD. SALIMCPMwon
3,17,515
28.6%
DEEPA DASMUNSIINC
3,15,881
28.5%
NIMU BHOWMICKBJP
2,03,131
18.3%
PABITRA RANJAN DASMUNSHI (SATYA)AITC
1,92,698
17.4%
SUDIIP RANJAN SENSP
32,303
2.9%
DULAL RAJBANSHISUCI
8,592
0.8%
SWAPAN KUMAR DASBSP
5,629
0.5%
SUBRATA ADHIKARYIND
5,548
0.5%
BABLU SORENJDP
5,544
0.5%
PASARUL ALAMAAAP
3,614
0.3%
ZAMEERUL HASANAIUDF
3,471
0.3%
NANDAKISHOR SINGHAAMB
3,338
0.3%
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the RAIGANJ constituency in 2024?
KARTICK CHANDRA PAUL (BJP) won RAIGANJ in 2024, by a margin of 68,197 votes.
Which party has won RAIGANJ the most times?
INC, with 8 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has RAIGANJ gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2024.
Who has won RAIGANJ the most times?
GOLAM YAZDANI, with 3 wins between 1980 and 1989.
