Existence 1962-present Current MP Mohammed Salim Total Electors 1,387,526 State West Bengal Female electors 663,512 | Reservation None Elected Year 2014 Member of parliament Mohammed Salim Male electors 724,014 | |
Assembly Constituencies Islampur
Goalpokhar
Chakulia
Karandighi
Hemtabad (SC)
Kaliaganj (SC)
Raiganj Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Last election Indian general election, 2014 Assembly segments Raiganj, Islampur, Chakulia, Goalpokhar, Karandighi, Hemtabad, Kaliaganj | ||
Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Raiganj in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Uttar Dinajpur district.
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Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 5 Raiganj is composed of the following segments from 2009:
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
Abdul Karim Chowdhary,contesting as a Independent candidate,was a rebel Trinamool Congress Leader.
General elections1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Note: In 1951 and 1957 the contest was in the West Dinajpur constituency. From 1962, it was Raiganj constituency.