Raiganj is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Raiganj Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 59.27%. There are 13,87,526 voters of which 7,24,014 are male and 6,63,479 are female and 33 voters of the third gender.
Md Salim of CPM (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating INC. CPM polled 3,17,515 of the total of 11,08,193 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Raiganj goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 79.89%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 5 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 13,87,526 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,24,014 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,63,479 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | CPM | INC |
| Turnout % | 79.89% | 81.09% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,634 | 1,05,203 |
| Margin of Victory % | 0.15% | 11.7% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | CPM | INC |
| Turnout % | 79.89% | 81.09% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,634 | 1,05,203 |
| Margin of Victory % | 0.15% | 11.7% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 511652 | 40.06% | Debasree ChaudhuriWinner |
| AITC | 451078 | 35.32% | Agarwal Kanaialal |
| CPI(M) | 182035 | 14.25% | Md. Salim |
| INC | 83662 | 6.55% | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| NOTA | 13749 | 1.08% | Nota |
| IND | 6925 | 0.54% | Binoy Kumar Das |
| IND | 5054 | 0.40% | Md. Sahajan Badsha |
| BSP | 4091 | 0.32% | Churka Murmu |
| APOI | 3269 | 0.26% | Lakshman Murmu |
| IND | 3163 | 0.25% | Kumaresh Sarkar |
| KPP(U) | 2959 | 0.23% | Akik Hossain Chowdhury |
| JMM | 2831 | 0.22% | Santhapan Hasdak |
| IND | 2638 | 0.21% | Raju Paul |
| IND | 2371 | 0.19% | Advocate Anjay Debsarma |
| SUCI | 1632 | 0.13% | Sujan Krishna Paul |
