Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Raidighi
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Raidighi
Location in West Bengal
Raidighi
Location in India
Coordinates: 22.0012°N 88.4354°E / 22.0012; 88.4354
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.134
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyMathurapur (SC)
Electorate (year)207,140 (2011)

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:[1]

  • Abad Bhagabanpur, Debipur, Krishna Chandrapur, Lalpur, Sankarpur and Nalua gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block
  • Mathurapur II community development block

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011RaidighiDebashree RoyAll India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016Debashree RoyAll India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2016
Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Raidighi[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Debashree Roy 1,01,161 46.48
CPI (M) Kanti Ganguly 99,932 45.92
BJP Sanghamitra Chaudhuri 7,699 03.54
SUCI(C) Gunasindhu Haldar 4,520 02.08
BSP Rajendra Naskar 916 00.42
LJP Prasanta Mondal 191 00.09
Independent Purnendu Shekhar Mondal 789 00.36
Independent Amiya Gangopadhyay 373 00.17
Independent Arun Kumar Gayen 338 00.16
NOTA None Of The Above 1,710 00.79 ---
Majority 1,229 00.56
Turnout 2,17,640 89.30
AITC hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Raidighi[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Debashree Roy 93,236 50.11
CPI (M) Kanti Ganguly 87,683 47.12
BJP Dwijendranath Halder 3,369 1.81
Independent Debasree Kayal 1,295
BSP Dulal Chand Ghorami 1,245
Independent Ajay Das 542
Turnout 186,075 89.86
AITC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 19
Indian National Congress 0 2
SUCI(C) 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

 Summary of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2011 result
Party Seats contested Seats won Seat change Vote share Swing
Trinamool Congress 184 154
Indian National Congress 65[template reference 1] 42 21
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 40 136
All India Forward Bloc 11 12
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 7 13
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha 3 3
Communist Party of India 2 6
Samajwadi Party 1 1
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 17 1 1
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) 1 1
Independents 2 4
Bharatiya Janata Party 0
 
Trinamool and allies 227 192
Left Front 62 168
Total-294-
Turnout:
Source: Election Commission of India
  1. http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2021281.ece


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References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
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