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Raiganj Assembly Election 2026: The Raiganj Assembly constituency in West Bengal has a constituency number 35 and it is a general seat. TMC leader Krishna Kalyani currently represents this constituency. Raiganj Constituency Demographic Profile The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal is being implemented in accordance with the Election Commission of India’s order before the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026. The objective of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) so as to enable them to exercise their franchise. The last intensive revision in West Bengal was conducted by the Commission in the year 2002. The Raiganj Assembly constituency is a part of the Uttar Dinajpur district. As per data from the Election Commission, there were 1,98,780 voters in the Raiganj constituency during the 2021 Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,00,670 were male and 98,091 were female voters. 19 voter belonged to the third gender. 3,704 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Raiganj in 2021 was 318.

Raiganj, the administrative headquarters of Uttar Dinajpur district, is a general category Assembly constituency that has been part of West Bengal’s electoral map since 1951. It is one of the seven segments under the Raiganj Lok Sabha seat. The constituency comprises the entire Raiganj municipality and five gram panchayats – Bahin, Maraikup, Gouri, Kamalabati I and Kamalabati II – of the Raiganj community development block, making it a blend of urban and rural voters. Over the course of 18 Assembly elections, including the 2024 by-election, Raiganj has largely been a stronghold of the Congress party. The party won 10 times, including a remarkable run of five consecutive victories between 1996 and 2016. These wins came even during the height of CPI(M)’s dominance in the state and continued into the early years of Trinamool Congress’s rule. However, the tide turned in 2021 when the BJP made its debut in the constituency, with Krishna Kalyani defeating Trinamool’s Kanaia Lal Agarwal by 20,748 votes. Agarwal, a well-known businessman, had switched from Trinamool to BJP just before the polls, only to return to Trinamool after winning. His defection triggered a by-election in 2024, which he won convincingly as a Trinamool candidate, defeating BJP’s Manas Kumar Ghosh by 50,077 votes, thus marking Trinamool’s first-ever victory in Raiganj.

The estimated voter turnout in Raiganj Assembly constituency of West Bengal was 90.9% till 7pm on April 23, 2026. The total state-wide voter turnout average in West Bengal at 7pm was approximately 91.78%, according to the latest data released by the Election Commission of India for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. The voter turnout at Raiganj was 16.23% till 9am on April 23. By 11am the turnout was 37.73%, it was 57.68% at 1pm, 75.44% by 3pm, and 89.29% by 5pm