Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raidighi
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raidighi Show map of West Bengal Raidighi Show map of India Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°00′00″N 88°26′00″E / 22.00000°N 88.43333°E / 22.00000; 88.43333Coordinates: 22°00′00″N 88°26′00″E / 22.00000°N 88.43333°E / 22.00000; 88.43333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No	134
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur (SC)
Electoral system	First past the post

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a new constituency, Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 134 Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Mathurapur II community development block and Abad Bhagawanpur, Debipur, Krishnachandrapur, Lalpur, Shankarpur and Nalua gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block.^[1]

Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Raidighi	Debashree Roy	All India Trinamool Congress^[2]

Note: For MLAs from the area in previous years see Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Debashree Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raidighi constituency^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
style="background-color: Template:All India Trinamool congress/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	Template:All India Trinamool congress/meta/shortname	Debashree Roy	93,236	50.11	+4.15#
	CPI(M)	Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay	87,683	47.12	-2.33
	BJP	Dwijendranath Halder	3,369	1.81
	Independent	Debasree Kayal	1,295
	BSP	Dulal Chand Ghorami	1,245
	Independent	Ajay Das	542
Turnout			186,075	89.86
	Trinamool Congress win (new seat)

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the now-defunct Mathurapur constituency in 2006.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	26	19
Indian National Congress	0	2
SUCI(C)	1	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	15
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1	2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

South 24 Parganas district topics

General

Subdivisions

Islands

Municipalities

Community development
blocks

Alipore Sadar subdivision	Bishnupur I Bishnupur II Budge Budge I Budge Budge II Thakurpukur Mahestala

Baruipur subdivision	Baruipur Bhangar I Bhangar II Jaynagar I Jaynagar II Kultali Sonarpur

Canning subdivision	Basanti Canning I Canning II Gosaba

Diamond Harbour subdivision	Diamond Harbour I Diamond Harbour II Falta Kulpi Magrahat I Magrahat II Mandirbazar Mathurapur I Mathurapur II

Kakdwip subdivision	Kakdwip Namkhana Patharpratima Sagar

Rivers

Transport

Lok Sabha constituencies

Vidhan Sabha
constituencies

Former Vidhan Sabha
constituencies

See also

Cities, towns and locations in South 24 Parganas district
People from South 24 Parganas district

Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal

Current Constituencies	A Alipurduars Amdanga Amta Arambag Asansol Dakshin Asansol Uttar Ashoknagar Ausgram B Baduria Bagda Baghmundi Bagnan Baharampur Baisnabnagar Balagarh Balarampur Bally Ballygunge Balurghat Bandwan Bangaon Dakshin Bangaon Uttar Bankura Barabani Baranagar Bardhaman Dakshin Bardhaman Uttar Barjora Barrackpore Barasat Baruipur Paschim Baruipur Purba Basanti Basirhat Dakshin Basirhat Uttar Behala Paschim Behala Purba Beldanga Beleghata Bhabanipur Bhagabangola Bhagabanpur Bhangar Bharatpur Bhatar Bhatpara Bidhannagar Bijpur Binpur Bishnupur, Bankura Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Bolpur Budge Budge Burwan C Canning Paschim Canning Purba Chakdaha Champdani Chanchal Chandannagar Chandipur Chanditala Chandrakona Chakulia Chapra Chhatna Chopra Chowrangee Chunchura Cooch Behar Dakshin Cooch Behar Uttar D Dabgram-Phulbari Dantan Darjeeling Daspur Debra Deganga Dhanekhali Dhupguri Diamond Harbour Dinhata Domkal Dubrajpur Dum Dum Dum Dum Uttar Domjur Durgapur Paschim Durgapur Purba E Egra English Bazar Entally F Falakata Falta Farakka G Gaighata Gangarampur Galsi Garbeta Gazole Ghatal Goalpokhar Goghat Gopiballavpur Gosaba H Habibpur Habra Haldia Hansan Hariharpara Harirampur Haringhata Haripal Harishchandrapur Haroa Hemtabad Hingalganj Howrah Dakshin Howrah Madhya Howrah Uttar I Indas Islampur Itahar J Jadavpur Jagatballavpur Jagatdal Jalangi Jalpaiguri Jamalpur Jamuria Jangipara Jangipur Jaynagar Jhargram Jorasanko Joypur K Kakdwip Kalchini Kaliaganj Kaliganj Kalimpong Kalna Kalyani Kamarhati Kandi Kanthi Dakshin Kanthi Uttar Karandighi Karimpur Kasba Kashipur Kashipur-Belgachia Katwa Katulpur Keshiary Keshpur Ketugram Khanakul Khandaghosh Kharagpur Kharagpur Sadar Khardaha Khargram Khejuri Kolkata Port Krishnaganj Krishnanagar Dakshin Krishnanagar Uttar Kumarganj Kumargram Kulpi Kultali Kulti Kurseong Kushmandi L Labpur Lalgola M Madarihat Madhyamgram Magrahat Paschim Magrahat Purba Maheshtala Mahisadal Mal Malatipur Maldaha Manbazar Mandirbazar Mangalkot Manikchak Maniktala Manteswar Mathabhanga Matigara-Naxalbari Maynaguri Mayureswar Medinipur Mekliganj Memari Metiaburuz Minakhan Mothabari Moyna Murarai Murshidabad N Nabadwip Nabagram Nagrakata Naihati Nakashipara Nalhati Nandakumar Nandigram Nanoor Naoda Narayangarh Natabari Nayagram Noapara O Onda P Palashipara Panchla Pandaveswar Pandua Panihati Panskura Paschim Panskura Purba Para Patashpur Patharpratima Phansidewa Pingla Purbasthali Dakshin Purbasthali Uttar Pursurah Purulia R Raghunathganj Raghunathpur Raidighi Raiganj Raipur Raina Rajarhat Gopalpur Rajarhat New Town Rajganj Ramnagar Rampurhat Ranaghat Dakshin Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Ranaghat Uttar Purba Ranibandh Raniganj Raninagar Rashbehari Ratua Rejinagar S Sabang Sagar Sagardighi Sainthia Salboni Saltora Samserganj Sandeshkhali Sankrail Santipur Saptagram Satgachia Shibpur Shyampukur Shyampur Siliguri Singur Sitai Sitalkuchi Sonamukhi Sonarpur Dakshin Sonarpur Uttar Sreerampur Sujapur Suri Suti Swarupnagar T Taldangra Tamluk Tapan Tarakeswar Tehatta Tollyganj Tufanganj U Udaynarayanpur Uluberia Dakshin Uluberia Purba Uluberia Uttar Uttarpara

Former Constituencies	Alipore Araidanga Arsha Aurangabad Baniapukur Ballygung Bansberia Bara Bazar Belgachia East Belgachia West Bowbazar Burtola Cossipur Dhakuria Faridpur Fort Gangajalghati Garden Reach Hanskhali Hasnabad Hirapur Hura Indpur Jhalda Jorabagan Kabitirtha Kaliachak Kalighat Kanksa Kalyanpur Kharba Khayrasole Kranti Mahammad Bazar Mathurapur Mugberia Nadanghat Nandanpur Narghat Ondal Polba Purbasthali Rajnagar Sealdah Sutahata Taltola Titagarh Ukhra Vidyasagar

Other districts	Bankura Bardhaman Birbhum Cooch Behar Dakshin Dinajpur Darjeeling Hooghly Howrah Jalpaiguri Kolkata Malda Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas Paschim Medinipur Purba Medinipur Purulia South 24 Parganas Uttar Dinajpur

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