Katwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Katwa
Katwa
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Katwa Location in West Bengal Katwa Katwa (India)
	Coordinates: 23°39′N 88°08′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	270
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	38. Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Electorate (year)	211,459 (2011)

Katwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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. Koshigram and Srikhanda gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block are part of Ketugram (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Saragram, Gidhgram and Alampur gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block are part of Mangalkot (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[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]

Election results

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Katwa [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Katwa [2][5][6]
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


West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011 Bardhaman district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	15	13
Indian National Congress	1	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	13
Forward bloc	1	0
Marxist Forward Bloc	0	1

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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.[7]

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.[8]

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
"Katwa". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Katwa. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katwa. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Katwa. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katwa. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
"280 – Katwa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
"Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.

[Katwa-2] "Katwa". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Katwa. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katwa. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[5] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Katwa. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[6] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katwa. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

[7] "280 – Katwa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

[8] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-08-29.