Now it remains to be seen whether BJP candidate from Raiganj Karthik Paul will be able to change this trend in the second phase of voting on April 26.
In 2019, BJP's Debashree Chaudhary won the seat by over 60,000 votes. However, this time BJP has fielded him from Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat and has given ticket to electoral politics veteran Karthik Paul from Raiganj.
In a four-cornered contest between the BJP, Trinamool Congress, Left Front and Congress in 2014, CPI-M's Mohammed Saleem, the party's current state secretary and politburo member, was elected by a slim margin of 1,500 votes. ,
In 2009, when Congress and Trinamool Congress were in a seat-sharing arrangement against the Left Front and BJP, Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress won the seat by a huge margin of over one lakh votes.Despite showing the green signal in electoral politics, two factors could boost the BJP's electoral prospects in Raiganj.
After winning the seat in 2019, the BJP also performed admirably in the 2022 assembly elections there, winning four of the seven seats under Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, while the remaining three seats went to the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Another factor that may help the BJP is the candidate of Trinamool's choice for Raiganj this time. The ruling party has fielded Krishna Kalyani, who remains the BJP MLA from Raiganj assembly constituency, after Kalyani switched to Trinamool after the 2021 assembly elections.
In its campaigns, the BJP has been raising questions on Kalyan's political ethics for contesting the elections as a Trinamool candidate while retaining his BJP MLA status.Congress has fielded Ali Imran Ramz alias Victor from this seat, a comparatively young face in the party with substantial legislative experience.
Won assembly elections twice from Victor Chakulia
As All India Forward Blow nominee in 2011 and 2016.
However, due to his differences with the Forward Bloc, which further increased after the 2021 assembly elections when the Left Front did not get a single seat, Victor joined the Congress last year.
Being a two-time MLA from this area, Victor hopes that this time he will not be able to win the trust of the voters. The BJP candidate has also said that his contest in Raiganj is against Victor and not against the Trinamool candidate.
In 2019, BJP's Debashree Chaudhary won the seat by over 60,000 votes. However, this time BJP has fielded him from Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat and has given ticket to electoral politics veteran Karthik Paul from Raiganj.
In a four-cornered contest between the BJP, Trinamool Congress, Left Front and Congress in 2014, CPI-M's Mohammed Saleem, the party's current state secretary and politburo member, was elected by a slim margin of 1,500 votes. ,
In 2009, when Congress and Trinamool Congress were in a seat-sharing arrangement against the Left Front and BJP, Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress won the seat by a huge margin of over one lakh votes.Despite showing the green signal in electoral politics, two factors could boost the BJP's electoral prospects in Raiganj.
After winning the seat in 2019, the BJP also performed admirably in the 2022 assembly elections there, winning four of the seven seats under Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, while the remaining three seats went to the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Another factor that may help the BJP is the candidate of Trinamool's choice for Raiganj this time. The ruling party has fielded Krishna Kalyani, who remains the BJP MLA from Raiganj assembly constituency, after Kalyani switched to Trinamool after the 2021 assembly elections.
In its campaigns, the BJP has been raising questions on Kalyan's political ethics for contesting the elections as a Trinamool candidate while retaining his BJP MLA status.Congress has fielded Ali Imran Ramz alias Victor from this seat, a comparatively young face in the party with substantial legislative experience.
Won assembly elections twice from Victor Chakulia
As All India Forward Blow nominee in 2011 and 2016.
However, due to his differences with the Forward Bloc, which further increased after the 2021 assembly elections when the Left Front did not get a single seat, Victor joined the Congress last year.
Being a two-time MLA from this area, Victor hopes that this time he will not be able to win the trust of the voters. The BJP candidate has also said that his contest in Raiganj is against Victor and not against the Trinamool candidate.
