Raniganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raniganj
Raniganj
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Raniganj Location in West Bengal Raniganj Raniganj (India)
	Coordinates: 23°37′N 87°08′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.	278
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	40. Asansol
Electorate (year)	196,907 (2011)

Raniganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Paschim Bardhaman district, state of West Bengal, India.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 278, Raniganj assembly constituency covers Raniganj municipality and Andal community development block. Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block is part of Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Amrasota, Egra, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block are part of Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[1]

Raniganj assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Runu Dutta	74,995	42.32	-4.38
	AITC	Nargis Bano	62,610	35.33	-12.50
	BJP	Manish Sharma	32,214	18.17	+14.66
	BSP	Ajit Badyakar	2,599	1.46
	BMP	Mamoni Orang	2,081	1.17
	NOTA	None of the above	2,708	1.52
Majority			12,385	6.99
Turnout			177,207
	CPI (M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raniganj [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Md. Sohrab Ali	73,810	47.83	+14.99#
	CPI (M)	Runu Dutta	72,059	46.70	-25.59
	BJP	Shobhapati Singh	5,423	3.51
	JD(U)	Rajkumar Paswan	3,016	1.95
Turnout			154,308	78.37
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+40.58#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.


West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011 Bardhaman district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	15	13
Indian National Congress	1	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	13
Forward bloc	1	0
Marxist Forward Bloc	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly election, the Raniganj assembly seat was won by Haradhan Jha of CPI (M). He defeated his nearest rival Jitendra Tiwari of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987, Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI (M) won the seat defeating his nearest rivals Sampa Sarkar, Senapati Mondal, Sankar Dutta and Kalyani Biswas (all of Congress) in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Hare Krishna Goswami and Sarojakshya Mukherjee (both of Congress) in the respective years.[5]

1951–1972

Haradhan Roy of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Lakhan Bagdi of CPI won in 1962. In 1957, there was a seat at Ondal. It was won by Dhawadhari Mondal and Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Banku Behari Mandal of Congress won the Raniganj seat.[6]

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
"Raniganj". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raniganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raniganj. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
"261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
"Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-30.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.

[2] "Raniganj". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raniganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-09.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raniganj. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-09.

[5] "261 - Raniganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2009-08-29.

[6] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-30.