 In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Chittaranjan Roy of Congress won the 35 Raiganj Assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dilip Kumar Das of NCP and Harinarayan Roy of CPI(M) respectively.Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Dilip Kumar Das of Congress defeated Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) in 1996.