Ranaghat is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South East Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Ranaghat Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 79.14%. There are 16,02,849 voters of which 8,31,318 are male and 7,71,515 are female and 16 voters of the third gender.
Tapas Mandal of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating CPM. TMC polled 5,90,451 of the total of 13,53,197 votes polled. TMC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Ranaghat goes to the polls in the 4st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, April 29, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 84.45%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 13 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 16,02,849 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,31,318 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,71,515 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 84.45% | 86.3% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,01,767 | 1,01,823 |
| Margin of Victory % | 14.91% | 8.88% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 84.45% | 86.3% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,01,767 | 1,01,823 |
| Margin of Victory % | 14.91% | 8.88% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 783253 | 52.78% | Jagannath SarkarWinner |
| AITC | 549825 | 37.05% | Rupali Biswas |
| CPI(M) | 97771 | 6.59% | Biswas Rama |
| INC | 23297 | 1.57% | Minati Biswas |
| NOTA | 9137 | 0.62% | Nota |
| BSP | 8569 | 0.58% | Gautam Ray |
| SUCI | 6454 | 0.43% | Haldar Paresh |
| IND | 5729 | 0.39% | Bidyut Biswas |
