The Raidighi Assembly constituency will go to polls on 6 April, within the third part of the West Bengal Assembly election 2021.
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The Raidighi Assembly constituency lies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, which is taken into account to be stronghold of the Trinamool Congress.
Raidighi meeting phase is part of the Mathurapur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency.
In 2016, Raidighi had a complete of two,43,711 registered electors.
Voter turnout in earlier election
The voter turnout within the 2016 Assembly election was 89.30 p.c.
Past election outcomes and winners
In 2011, actor turned politician Debasree Roy, contesting on a TMC ticket, registered victory over CPM heavyweight Kanti Ganguly by a slender margin of 5,553 votes.
In the 2016 Assembly election, Roy once more defeated Ganguly albeit by a narrower margin of simply 1,229 votes.
The Raidighi Assembly constituency will go to polls on 6 April, within the third part of the West Bengal Assembly election 2021.
The eight-phase election can be held to elect a complete of 294 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
