West Bengal · AC 18

Rajganj (SC)

West Bengal Vidhan Sabha Election 1996 · Jalpaiguri

239,131

Electors

188,434

Votes polled

78.80%

Turnout

37,974

Margin

Winner

Jatindra Nath Roy

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Jatindra Nath Roy Won Male	CPM	99,053	52.57%
2	Ajit Kumar Ray Male	INC	61,079	32.41%
3	Jagendra Nath Roy Male	BJP	22,779	12.09%
4	Kali Charan Roy Male	IND	1,886	1.00%
5	Sanati Kumar Sarkar Male	BSP	1,211	0.64%
6	Kshudiram Barman Male	IND	1,170	0.62%
7	Kshitish Saha Male	FB(S)	855	0.45%
8	Harendra Nath Roy Male	AMB	401	0.21%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2026	Dinesh Sarkar Male BJP	51.10%	Swapna Barman Female AITC	41.53%
2021	Khageswar Roy Male AITC	48.50%	Supen Roy Male BJP	41.19%
2016	Khageswar Roy Male AITC	46.15%	Satyendra Nath Mondal Male CPM	38.61%
2011	Khageswar Roy Male AITC	46.64%	Amulya Kumar Roy Male CPM	42.25%
2006	Mahendra Kumar Roy Male CPI(M)	—	Khageswar Roy Male AITC	—
2001	Jotindra Nath Roy Male CPM	46.36%	Khageswar Roy Male AITC	33.39%
1996	Jatindra Nath Roy Male CPM	52.57%	Ajit Kumar Ray Male INC	32.41%
1991	Jatindra Nath Roy Male CPM	48.91%	Ajit Kumar Roy Male INC	31.38%
1987	Dhirendra Nath Roy Male CPM	59.69%	Birendra Das Male INC	37.28%
1977	Dhirendra Nath Roy Male CPM	49.81%	Monomohan Roy Male JnP	30.79%
1972	Mrigendra Narayan Roy Male INC	59.26%	Dhirendra Nath Roy Male CPM	31.19%
1971	Bhagwan Singh Roy Male INC	35.27%	Dhirendra Nath Roy Male CPM	30.93%
1969	Kiran Chandra Roy Male INC	55.59%	Bhabendra Nath Roy Hakim Male SSP	36.50%

4 booths

Booth No.	Polling Booth
51	Aambari Falakata Chintamohan High School
54	Hemantakumar New Additional Primary School
92	Gachhabari Bharat Chandra Primary School
95	Jhanjupara Primary School