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.
Every election in this seat
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin % | Candidates | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BJPKARTICK CHANDRA PAUL | AITCKALYANI KRISHNA | 68,197 | 4.98% | 20 | — |
| 2019 | BJPDEBASREE CHAUDHURI | AITCAGARWAL KANAIALAL | 60,574 | 4.74% | 14 | 79.8% |
| 2014 | CPMMD. SALIM | INCDEEPA DASMUNSI | 1,634 | 0.15% | 12 | 79.9% |
| 2009 | INCDEEPA DASMUNSI | CPMBIRESWAR LAHIRI | 1,05,203 | 11.71% | 12 | 81.0% |
| 20041973 boundaries | INCPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi | CPMMinati Ghosh | 39,147 | 4.27% | 9 | 80.0% |
| 19991973 boundaries | INCPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi | CPMSubrata Mukherjee | 75,255 | 8.59% | 7 | 76.5% |
| 19981973 boundaries | CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | INCPRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI | 6,281 | 0.71% | 12 | 78.3% |
| 19961973 boundaries | CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | INCGOLAM YAZDANI | 10,956 | 1.25% | 10 | 78.7% |
| 19911973 boundaries | CPMSYBARTA MUKERJEE | INCGOLAM YAZDANI | 29,968 | 4.04% | 11 | 72.9% |
| 19891973 boundaries | INCGOLAM YAZDANI | CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 2,899 | 0.39% | 8 | 75.4% |
| 19841973 boundaries | INCGOLAM YAZDANI | CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 20,224 | 3.60% | 8 | 73.3% |
| 19801973 boundaries | INC(I)GOLAM YAZDANI | CPMABDUL HAFIZ | 1,305 | 0.28% | 7 | 67.6% |
| 19771973 boundaries | BLDMD. HAYAT ALI | INCABEDIN ANOWARUL | 67,124 | 19.95% | 3 | 59.7% |
| 19711966 boundaries | INCSIDHARTHA SANKAR RAY | CPMSUBODH SEN | 64,007 | 21.52% | 5 | 52.3% |
| 19671966 boundaries | INCC. K. BHATTACHARYYA | FBLN.K. BOSE | 990 | 0.38% | 5 | 53.9% |
| 19621961 boundaries | INCCHAPALA KANTA BHATTACHARJEE | CPIASOKE NATH SEN | 29,403 | 15.28% | 5 | 42.2% |
Rows are matched by constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.
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.
