Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Raiganj (West Bengal) was won by Debasree Chaudhuri (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 60,574 votes over Agarwal Kanaialal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Raiganj, West Bengal, from 1962 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1962–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1962
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Indian National Congress
81,795
42.5%
Asoke Nath Sen (Communist Party of India)
29,403 (15.3 pts)
1967
C. K. Bhattacharyya
Indian National Congress
70,743
27.0%
N.K. Bose (All India Forward Bloc)
990 (0.4 pts)
1971
Sidhartha Sankar Ray
Indian National Congress
147,360
49.5%
Subodh Sen (CPI (Marxist))
64,007 (21.5 pts)
1977
Md. Hayat Ali
Bharatiya Lok Dal
188,694
56.1%
Abedin Anowarul (Indian National Congress)
67,124 (20.0 pts)
1980
Golam Yazdani
Congress (I)
196,241
41.9%
Abdul Hafiz (CPI (Marxist))
1,305 (0.3 pts)
1984
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress
271,983
48.4%
Subrata Mukherjee (CPI (Marxist))
20,224 (3.6 pts)
1989
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress
342,072
45.6%
Subrata Mukherjee (CPI (Marxist))
2,899 (0.4 pts)
1991
Sybarta Mukerjee
CPI (Marxist)
310,167
41.8%
Golam Yazdani (Indian National Congress)
29,968 (4.0 pts)
1996
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
383,051
43.8%
Golam Yazdani (Indian National Congress)
10,956 (1.2 pts)
1998
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
350,897
39.8%
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Indian National Congress)
6,281 (0.7 pts)
1999
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
409,331
46.7%
Subrata Mukherjee (CPI (Marxist))
75,255 (8.6 pts)
2004
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
421,904
46.0%
Minati Ghosh (CPI (Marxist))
39,147 (4.3 pts)
2009
Deepa Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
451,776
50.3%
Bireswar Lahiri (CPI (Marxist))
105,203 (11.7 pts)
2014
Md. Salim
CPI (Marxist)
317,515
28.7%
Deepa Dasmunsi (Indian National Congress)
1,634 (0.1 pts)
2019
Debasree Chaudhuri
Bharatiya Janata Party
511,652
40.5%
Agarwal Kanaialal (All India Trinamool Congress)
60,574 (4.8 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Indian National Congress
81,795
42.5%
Asoke Nath Sen
Communist Party of India
52,392
27.2%
Tripurari Chakravarti
Praja Socialist Party
33,139
17.2%
Ramnarayan Bhadra
Swatantra Party
18,114
9.4%
Haridas Chakrabarty
Independent
6,992
3.6%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C. K. Bhattacharyya
Indian National Congress
70,743
27.0%
N.K. Bose
All India Forward Bloc
69,753
26.6%
S. S. Hussain
Praja Socialist Party
52,674
20.1%
R. P. Kumar
Samyukta Socialist Party
51,433
19.6%
M. K. Chandra
Independent
17,810
6.8%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sidhartha Sankar Ray
Indian National Congress
147,360
49.5%
Subodh Sen
CPI (Marxist)
83,353
28.0%
Nirmal Kumar Basu
All India Forward Bloc
34,956
11.8%
Muzaffar Hussain
Congress (O)
18,962
6.4%
Md. Salimuddin
Praja Socialist Party
12,786
4.3%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Md. Hayat Ali
Bharatiya Lok Dal
188,694
56.1%
Abedin Anowarul
Indian National Congress
121,570
36.1%
Nishitha Nath Kundu
Independent
26,212
7.8%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Golam Yazdani
Congress (I)
196,241
41.9%
Abdul Hafiz
CPI (Marxist)
194,936
41.6%
Mohit Ranjan Sikdar
Janata Party
27,471
5.9%
Abedin Zainal
Congress (U)
21,990
4.7%
Mohammed Elias Razi
Independent
13,554
2.9%
Gopalji Kedia
Independent
8,871
1.9%
Kamlala Kanta Singha
Independent
5,736
1.2%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress
271,983
48.4%
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
251,759
44.8%
Mohit Ranjan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
15,981
2.8%
Ajit Kumar Das
Independent
12,051
2.1%
Mokbul Hossain
Indian Union Muslim League
3,132
0.6%
Gopalji Kedia
Independent
2,899
0.5%
Bali Kanta Barman
Independent
2,810
0.5%
Mohomodin Ahmed
Independent
1,485
0.3%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress
342,072
45.6%
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
339,173
45.3%
Arun Bhadra
Bharatiya Janata Party
41,197
5.5%
Md. Maqbul Hussain
Indian Union Muslim League
9,451
1.3%
Mahamuddin Ahamad
JNP (JP)
7,775
1.0%
Abdul Latif Md.
Independent
5,241
0.7%
Anil Chandra Biswas
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,664
0.4%
Sridam Thokdar
AMB
1,915
0.3%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sybarta Mukerjee
CPI (Marxist)
310,167
41.8%
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress
280,199
37.8%
Sudarshan Bhattacharya
Bharatiya Janata Party
121,717
16.4%
Ajit Kumar Das
Independent
7,877
1.1%
Anil Chandra Biswas
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,683
1.0%
Maqbul Hossain
Indian Union Muslim League
3,563
0.5%
Md. Salimuddin
Janata Party
3,367
0.5%
Dinesh Chandra Sinha
Independent
3,327
0.4%
Mahato Mahendra Nath
Independent
1,532
0.2%
Mahabir Prosad Agarwal
Independent
910
0.1%
Rubiruddin
Independent
832
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
383,051
43.8%
Golam Yazdani
Indian National Congress
372,095
42.5%
Utpalendu Sarkar
Bharatiya Janata Party
92,143
10.5%
Ramdas Mandal
CPI (ML) Liberation
10,292
1.2%
Dhiren Das
Independent
5,989
0.7%
Moqbul Hossain
Independent
4,234
0.5%
Purna Sinha
Independent
2,819
0.3%
Md. Salimuddin
Independent
1,790
0.2%
Sridam Thokdar
AMB
1,778
0.2%
Mahendra Mahato
Independent
569
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
350,897
39.8%
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
344,616
39.1%
Rahul Sinha (Biswajit)
Bharatiya Janata Party
160,239
18.2%
Ajit Kumar Das
CPI (ML) Liberation
8,481
1.0%
Abedin Dr Shayesta
Independent
6,582
0.7%
Golam Yazdani
Independent
3,881
0.4%
Subhas Bala
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,812
0.3%
Uday Dubey
Independent
1,218
0.1%
Dr Md. Salimuddin
SJP(R)
1,167
0.1%
Debasish Mitra
Independent
996
0.1%
Md Ilyas Choudhary
Independent
834
0.1%
Adheswar Prasad Singha
Independent
765
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
409,331
46.7%
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
334,076
38.1%
Biplab Mitra
All India Trinamool Congress
110,049
12.6%
Adhyapak Md. Salahuddin
Nationalist Congress Party
8,386
1.0%
Shri Ajit Das
CPI (ML) Liberation
8,093
0.9%
Subhas Bala
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,332
0.4%
Solaiman
Indian Union Muslim League
2,449
0.3%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
421,904
46.0%
Minati Ghosh
CPI (Marxist)
382,757
41.7%
Abedin Dr. Zainal
All India Trinamool Congress
57,931
6.3%
Anil Biswas
Bahujan Samaj Party
11,205
1.2%
Ajit Das
CPI (ML) Liberation
11,154
1.2%
Subrata Adhikary
Independent
9,914
1.1%
Sukumal Biswas
Independent
9,624
1.0%
Achintya Tarafdar
Independent
7,037
0.8%
Ashis Saha
Samajwadi Party
6,056
0.7%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Deepa Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
451,776
50.3%
Bireswar Lahiri
CPI (Marxist)
346,573
38.6%
Gopesh Chandra Sarkar
Bharatiya Janata Party
37,645
4.2%
Abdul Karim Chowdhary
Independent
18,427
2.1%
Manas Jana
Independent
10,426
1.2%
Faiz Rahaman
RDMP
7,834
0.9%
Akhil Ranjan Mondal
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,592
0.8%
Suleman Hafiji
CPI (ML) Liberation
4,316
0.5%
Upendra Nath Das
Independent
4,157
0.5%
Anil Biswas
Independent
3,844
0.4%
Nachhir Ali Pramanik
Independent
3,212
0.4%
Matiur Rahman
Janata Dal (United)
2,597
0.3%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Md. Salim
CPI (Marxist)
317,515
28.7%
Deepa Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
315,881
28.5%
Nimu Bhowmick
Bharatiya Janata Party
203,131
18.3%
Pabitra Ranjan Dasmunshi (Satya)
All India Trinamool Congress
192,698
17.4%
Sudiip Ranjan Sen
Samajwadi Party
32,303
2.9%
None Of The Above
Independent
10,929
1.0%
Dulal Rajbanshi
SUCI(C)
8,592
0.8%
Swapan Kumar Das
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,629
0.5%
Subrata Adhikary
Independent
5,548
0.5%
Bablu Soren
JDP
5,544
0.5%
Pasarul Alam
Aam Aadmi Party
3,614
0.3%
Zameerul Hasan
AIUDF
3,471
0.3%
Nandakishor Singha
AB
3,338
0.3%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Debasree Chaudhuri
Bharatiya Janata Party
511,652
40.5%
Agarwal Kanaialal
All India Trinamool Congress
451,078
35.7%
Md. Salim
CPI (Marxist)
182,035
14.4%
Deepa Dasmunsi
Indian National Congress
83,662
6.6%
Binoy Kumar Das
Independent
6,925
0.5%
Md. Sahajan Badsha
Independent
5,054
0.4%
Churka Murmu
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,091
0.3%
Lakshman Murmu
API
3,269
0.3%
Kumaresh Sarkar
Independent
3,163
0.3%
Akik Hossain Chowdhury
KPP(U)
2,959
0.2%
Santhapan Hasdak
JMM
2,831
0.2%
Raju Paul
Independent
2,638
0.2%
Advocate Anjay Debsarma
Independent
2,371
0.2%
Sujan Krishna Paul
SUCI(C)
1,632
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Raiganj has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), CPI (Marxist), Bharatiya Janata Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Raiganj in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Debasree Chaudhuri (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Raiganj, West Bengal, in 2019 with 511,652 votes (40.5%), a margin of 60,574 votes over Agarwal Kanaialal.
Which parties have won Raiganj since 1962?
Since 1962, Raiganj has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Raiganj?
The closest result on record for Raiganj was 2014, when CPI (Marxist) beat Indian National Congress by just 1,634 votes (0.1 percentage points).