Katwa Assembly constituency

Katwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Katwa
Constituency No. 270 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Katwa Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBardhaman Purba
Established1952
Total electors211,459
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Rabindranath Chatterjee
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As 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
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951KatwaSubodh ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India[2]
1957Tarapada ChaudhuriIndian National Congress[3]
1962Subodh ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India [4]
1967Subodh ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Nityananda ThakurIndian National Congress [6]
1971Haramohan SinhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972Subrata MukherjeeIndian National Congress [8]
1977Haramohan SinhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982Haramohan SinhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987Anjan ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991Anjan ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996Rabindranath ChatterjeeIndian National Congress [13]
2001Rabindranath ChatterjeeIndian National Congress [14]
2006Rabindranath ChatterjeeIndian National Congress [15][16]
2011Rabindranath ChatterjeeIndian National Congress [17]
2016Rabindranath ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[18][19]
2021Rabindranath ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress [20][21]

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Katwa [20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Rabindranath Chatterjee 107,894 48.07 Increase2.77
BJP Shyama Majumdar 98,739 43.99 Increase36.59
INC Prabir Ganguli 12,976 5.78 Decrease39.02
BSP Paritosh Chair 1,598 0.71 Decrease0.09
SUCI(C) Apurba Chakraborty 1,472 0.66
NOTA None of the above 1,780 0.79
Turnout 224,459
TMC hold Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Katwa [22][23][24][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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%
TMC gain from INC Swing

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Katwa [22][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Rabindranath 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

Subrata 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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