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Assembly constituency 278 · West Bengal

Raniganj is assembly constituency number 278 in West Bengal, in Barddhaman district, and one of the segments of the Asansol Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Partha Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.6% of the vote, 17,786 votes ahead of Kalobaran Mondal (AITC).

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Raniganj · 2026AC 278
  1. 01
    Partha Ghosh
    BJP
    97,416
    49.58%
  2. 02
    Kalobaran Mondal
    TMC
    79,630
    40.53%
  3. 03
    Naran Bauri
    CPI(M)
    13,030
    6.63%
  4. 04
    Faiz Ahmad
    INC
    1,543
    0.79%
  5. 05
    Ajay Kumar Paswan
    Independent
    1,030
    0.52%
  6. 3 other candidates · 1,383 votesNOTA · 2,452 (1.25%)

Margin 17,786 votes · 9.05% of valid votes

2,16,243
Registered electors
2026 election
91.0%
Turnout
+18.3 pts vs 2021
17,786
Victory margin
9.1% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,96,484 valid votes, NOTA included.

Raniganj 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Partha GhoshMale · 47 yrsBJP97,416
49.58%
2Kalobaran MondalMale · 67 yrsTMC79,630
40.53%
3Naran BauriMale · 64 yrs · SCCPI(M)13,030
6.63%
—NOTANOTA2,452
1.25%
4Faiz AhmadMale · 54 yrsINC1,543
0.79%
5Ajay Kumar PaswanMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent1,030
0.52%
6Ashish Chandra GaraiMale · 48 yrsIndependent649
0.33%
7Sagar SenMale · 43 yrsINL397
0.20%
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8Rahul GhoshMale · 33 yrsAJUP337
0.17%
Past results

The seat changed hands: AITC won in 2021, BJP in 2026.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026BJP 49.6%TMC 40.5%CPI(M) 6.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Partha GhoshBJP · 49.6% · margin 17,786Turnout91.0%
2021Tapas BanerjeeTMC · 42.9% · margin 3,556Turnout72.7%
2016Runu DuttaCPI(M) · 42.3% · margin 12,385Turnout77.3%
2011Ali SohrabTMC · 47.8% · margin 1,751Turnout78.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Raniganj result 2021

Raniganj 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tapas BanerjeeTMC78,164
42.90%
2Dr. Bijan MukherjeeBJP74,608
40.95%
3Hemant Kumar PrabhakarCPI(M)21,688
11.90%
—NOTANOTA2,006
1.10%
4Raj KumarJD(U)1,612
0.88%
5Nilkantha BauriBMUP1,609
0.88%
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6Avijit BowriBSP1,540
0.85%
7Niraj RajakPMPT984
0.54%

Raniganj result 2016

Raniganj 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Runu DuttaCPI(M)74,995
42.32%
2Bano NargisTMC62,610
35.33%
3Manish SharmaBJP32,214
18.18%
—NOTANOTA2,708
1.53%
4Ajit Kumar BadyakarBSP2,599
1.47%
5Mamoni OrangBMUP2,081
1.17%

Raniganj result 2011

Raniganj 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ali SohrabTMC73,810
47.83%
2Runu DuttaCPI(M)72,059
46.70%
3Shobhapati SinghBJP5,423
3.51%
4Rajkumar PaswanJD(U)3,016
1.95%
Map

Raniganj outlined in orange among the other West Bengal seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Barddhaman district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Raniganj is one of the assembly segments of Asansol. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Asansol candidates.

  • Shatrughan Prasad SinhaTMC83,685 44.5%
  • S S AhluwaliaBJP79,233 42.1%
  • Jahanara KhanCPI(M)21,326 11.3%
  • Dipika BauriIndependent1,462 0.8%
  • Sunny Kumar SahBSP1,158 0.6%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, AITC led here by 4,452 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Raniganj.

Who won the Raniganj assembly seat in 2026?

Partha Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Raniganj in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 97,416 votes, which was 49.58% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Raniganj?

The margin was 17,786 votes (9.05% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kalobaran Mondal of the All India Trinamool Congress with 79,630 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Raniganj in 2026?

Turnout was 90.96%: 1,96,689 of 2,16,243 registered electors voted, across 292 polling stations. That is 18.3 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Raniganj part of?

Raniganj is an assembly segment of the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Shatrughan Prasad Sinha got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Raniganj a reserved constituency?

No. Raniganj is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Raniganj?

The West Bengal assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the West Bengal assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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