Katwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Katwa | |
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Constituency No. 270 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Katwa Assembly Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Purba Bardhaman |
LS constituency | Bardhaman Purba |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 211,459 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 270 Katwa assembly constituency covers Katwa municipality, Dainhat municipality, Katwa II community development block and Khajurdihi, Sudpur, Karajgram and Goai gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block.[1]
Katwa assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editElection Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Katwa | Subodh Chowdhury | Communist Party of India[2] |
1957 | Tarapada Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress[3] | |
1962 | Subodh Chowdhury | Communist Party of India[4] | |
1967 | Subodh Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
1969 | Nityananda Thakur | Indian National Congress[6] | |
1971 | Haramohan Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
1972 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1977 | Haramohan Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1982 | Haramohan Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1987 | Anjan Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1991 | Anjan Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1996 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress[13] | |
2001 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress[14] | |
2006 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress[15][16] | |
2011 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress[17] | |
2016 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[18][19] | |
2021 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[20][21] |
Election results
edit2021
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Rabindranath Chatterjee | 107,894 | 48.07 | 2.77 | |
BJP | Shyama Majumdar | 98,739 | 43.99 | 36.59 | |
INC | Prabir Ganguli | 12,976 | 5.78 | 39.02 | |
BSP | Paritosh Chair | 1,598 | 0.71 | 0.09 | |
SUCI(C) | Apurba Chakraborty | 1,472 | 0.66 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,780 | 0.79 | ||
Turnout | 224,459 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Rabindranath Chatterjee | 91,486 | 45.30 | +45.30 | |
INC | Shyama Majumdar | 90,578 | 44.80 | −7.73 | |
BJP | Anil Dutta | 14,939 | 7.40 | ||
PDS | Krishnadas Saha | 1,800 | 0.90 | ||
SUCI(C) | Apurba Chakraborty | 1,690 | 0.80 | ||
BSP | Sriram Golder | 1,614 | 0.80 | ||
Turnout | 202,110 | 84.4% | |||
AITC gain from INC | Swing |
2011
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Rabindranath Chatterjee | 97,951 | 52.53 | +4.12 | |
CPI(M) | Sudipta Bagchi | 70,426 | 37.77 | −7.23 | |
BJP | Anil Dutta | 7,036 | 3.77 | ||
People’s Democratic Conference of India | Mohammad Nasiruddin | 3,512 | |||
SUCI(C) | Apurba Chakraborty | 2,125 | |||
Independent | Chandra Chur Sarkar | 1,960 | |||
BSP | Ranu Goldar | 1,826 | |||
Independent | Kishore Kumar Ghosh | 1,642 | |||
Turnout | 186,478 | 88.19 | |||
INC hold | Swing | +11.35 |
1977-2006
editRabindranath Chatterjee of Congress won the Katwa assembly seat in 2006, 2001, 1996 defeating his nearest rivals, Sudipta Bagchi, Kanak Kanti Goswami and Anjan Chatterjee, all of CPI(M) in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Anjan Chatterjee of CPI(M) won the seat in 1991 and 1987 defeating Rabindranath Chatterjee of Congress. Haramohan Sinha of CPI(M) won the seat in 1982 and 1977 defeating Subrata Mukherjee of Congress and Nityananda Thakur of Janata Party in the respective years.[27]
1951-1972
editSubrata Mukherjee of Congress won the Katwa assembly seat in 1972. Haramohan Sinha of CPI (M) won it in 1971. Nityananda Thakur of Congress won it in 1969. Subodh Chowdhury of CPI (M) won it in 1967. Subodh Chowdhury, representing CPI, won the seat in 1962. Tarapada Cahudhuri of Congress won it in 1957. Subodh Chowdhury, representing CPI, won the seat in 1951.[28]
References
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