Constituency
506. Raiganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-RAIGANJ
INC 50.3%won by 11.7%CPM 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 11.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,08,382
Turnout
81.0%
Valid votes
8,98,399
Margin
1,05,203
11.71%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1DEEPA DASMUNSIIndian National Congress · INC4,51,77650.3%
- 2BIRESWAR LAHIRICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,46,57338.6%
- 3GOPESH CHANDRA SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,6454.2%
- 4ABDUL KARIM CHOWDHARYIndependent · IND18,4272.1%
- 5MANAS JANAIndependent · IND10,4261.2%
- 6FAIZ RAHAMANRDMP · RDMP7,8340.9%
- 7AKHIL RANJAN MONDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,5920.8%
- 8SULEMAN HAFIJICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4,3160.5%
- 9UPENDRA NATH DASIndependent · IND4,1570.5%
- 10ANIL BISWASIndependent · IND3,8440.4%
- 11NACHHIR ALI PRAMANIKIndependent · IND3,2120.4%
- 12MATIUR RAHMANJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,5970.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +7.4%
- INC share
- 46.0% → 50.3%
- CPM share
- 41.7% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- 80.0% → 81.0%