Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raiganj is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 35 Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Raiganj municipality, and Bahin, Maraikup, Gouri, Kamalabati I and Kamalabati II gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results2011In the 2011 election, Mohit Sengupta of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kiranmoy Nanda of Samajwadi Party.2006In the 2006 election, Chittaranjan Roy of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Kumar Das of Nationalist Congress Party..# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.1977–2006In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Chittaranjan Roy of Congress won the 31 Raiganj (SC) Assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dilip Kumar Das of NCP and Harinarayan Roy of CPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996. Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Dilip Das of Congress in 1991 and Dipendra Barman of Congress in 1987. Dipendra Barman of Congress defeated Kahgendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1982. Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Mahendranath Barman of Janata Party in 1977.