Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 22°00′00″N 88°26′00″E / 22.00000°N 88.43333°ECoordinates: 22°00′00″N 88°26′00″E / 22.00000°N 88.43333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 134 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mathurapur (SC) |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a new constituency, Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 134 Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Mathurapur II community development block and Abad Bhagawanpur, Debipur, Krishnachandrapur, Lalpur, Shankarpur and Nalua gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block.
Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
Note: For MLAs from the area in previous years see Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 election, Debashree Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the now-defunct Mathurapur constituency in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See for details)
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