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(Top) 1 Overview 2 Members of the Legislative Assembly 3 Election results 3.1 2021 3.2 2016 3.3 2011 3.4 1977-2006 3.5 1951-1972 4 References

Katwa Assembly constituency

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Katwa
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 Rabindranath Chatterjee
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Katwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian stateofWest Bengal.

Overview

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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

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Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
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

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2021

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Katwa^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Katwa^[22]^[23]^[24]^[18]^[19]
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

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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

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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

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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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^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 220. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 218. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 299. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 329-30. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 330. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 334. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 324. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 354. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 347. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 354. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 364. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 373. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 363. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Katwa. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Katwa. Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Katwa. Elections.in. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Katwa". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Katwa". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Katwa Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Katwa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Katwa". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Katwa. Empowering India. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katwa. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Katwa. Empowering India. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katwa. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

^ "280 – Katwa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

Purba Bardhaman district topics

General

Subdivisions

Territories

Municipal corporations
and municipalities

Community development
blocks

Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision	Ausgram I Ausgram II Bhatar Burdwan I Burdwan II Galsi I Galsi II
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision	Khandaghosh Raina I Raina II Jamalpur Memari I Memari II
Kalna subdivision	Kalna I Kalna II Manteswar Purbasthali I Purbasthali II
Katwa subdivision	Katwa I Katwa II Ketugram I Ketugram II Mongalkote