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 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 134 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mathurapur (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 | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Raidighi | Debashree Roy | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
| 2016 | Debashree Roy | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election Results
Legislative Assembly Election 2016
| 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
| 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) | |||||
| 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)
| Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Vote share | Swing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 226 | 184 | 154 |
38.93% | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress | 66[5] | 42 | 21 |
9.09% | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 213 | 40 | 136 |
30.08% | ||||||||
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 11 | 12 |
4.80% | ||||||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 23 | 7 | 13 |
2.96% | ||||||||
| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | 3 | 3 | 3 |
0.72% | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | 6 |
1.84 | ||||||||
| Samajwadi Party | 5 | 1 | 1 |
0.74% | ||||||||
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (C) | 30 | 1 | 1 |
0.44% | ||||||||
| Democratic Socialist Party | 2 | 1 | 1 |
0.35% | ||||||||
| Independents | 2 | 4 |
3.13% | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 289 | 0 |  |
4.06% | ||||||||
| Trinamool and allies | 227 | 192 |
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| Left Front | 62 | 168 |
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| Total | 294 | |||||||||||
| Turnout: | ||||||||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||||||||||
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- group="template reference">http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2021281.ece
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