Rajganj is an assembly constituency in

Jalpaiguri district Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Ja ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the

Delimitation Commission The Delimitation Commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act, tasked with redrawing the boundaries of legislative assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies bas ...

, No. 18 Rajganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers Binnaguri, Kukurjan, Majhiali, Mantadari, Panikauri, Sannyasikata, Sikarpur and Sukhani gram panchayats of Rajganj

community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

, and Baropatia Nutanabos, Belakoba, Paharpur and Patkata gram panchayats of

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is ...

community development block. Rajganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 3

Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) Jalpaiguri is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 3 Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency are in Jalpaiguri district, one assembly ...

(SC).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2011

In the 2011 elections, Khageshwar Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Amulya Chandra Roy of CPI(M).

1977-2009

In the 2009 bye-elections, caused by the election of sitting MLA Mahendra Kumar Roy from

, Khageswar Roy of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

won the Rajganj (SC) seat. In the 2006 state assembly elections, Mahendra Kumar Roy of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

won the Rajganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Khageswar Roy of

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jotindra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Khageswar Roy of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Ajit Kumar Roy of

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

in 1996 and 1991. Dhirendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Das of Congress in 1987, Jiban Kumar Ray of Congress in 1982 and Monomohan Roy of

Janata Party The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu. The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...

in 1977.

1967–1972

Mrigendra Narayan Roy of Congress won in 1972. Bhagwan Singh Roy of Congress won in 1971. Kiran Chandra Roy of Congress won in 1969. B.N.R.Hakim of SSP won in 1967.

References

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Jalpaiguri district Constituencies established in 1967 1967 establishments in West Bengal