Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543

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constituencies in

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. The constituency centres on

Raiganj Raiganj () is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Uttar Dinajpur district. The police station was set up 125 years ago and railway connectivity reached the place 115 years ago. The city h ...

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. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency are in

Uttar Dinajpur district Uttar Dinajpur () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur district, it comprises two subdivisions: Raiganj and Islampur. History Undivided Dinajpur district w ...

Assembly segments

As per order of the

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in respect of the

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in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 5 Raiganj is composed of the following segments from 2009:

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

Abdul Karim Chowdhary, contesting as an

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candidate, was a rebel

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Leader.

General election 2004

By-election 1972

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1972 which was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MP

Siddhartha Shankar Ray Siddhartha Shankar Ray (20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices, including Union Minister of Education (1 ...

and his subsequent election to the State Assembly from the Chowranghee Assembly constituency. In the by-election,

Maya Ray Maya Ray was a lawyer and an Indian politician from West Bengal. She was elected in a Bye election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Raiganj, West Bengal, in 1972. Career The Bye election was necessitated afte ...

of Congress defeated his nearest rival S.K.NIyogi of United Front Supported Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes, thus breaking the record of

who had won the seat in 2009 by 64,007 votes.