Katwa Assembly constituency explained

Katwa
Type:SLA
Mla:Rabindranath Chatterjee
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:Purba Bardhaman
Loksabha Cons:Bardhaman Purba
Constituency No:270
Established:1951
Electors:211,459
Reservation:None

Katwa Assembly 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.[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

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.[22]

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.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2010-08-21 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2010-09-18 .
  2. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 220 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095211/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf . 18 May 2021. 14 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 218 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 299 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  5. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 329-30 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  6. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 330 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf . 18 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  7. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 334 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf . 18 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  8. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 324 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 354 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  10. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 347 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  11. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 354 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  12. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 364 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  13. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 373 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  14. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 363 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  15. Web site: List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006 . Katwa. rediff.com . 13 May 2021.
  16. Web site: List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election . Katwa . Elections.in . 18 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105555if_/http://eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/WestBengalResults.htm . 20 May 2006 . dead.
  17. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 . Katwa. Elections.in . 18 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Katwa. 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University . 18 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Katwa. Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections . 18 May 2021.
  20. Web site: Katwa Election Result 2021 . Times Now News.com . 18 May 2021 .
  21. Web site: Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Katwa . Election Commission of India . 18 May 2021 .
  22. Web site: 280 – Katwa Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. 2010-08-29 .
  23. Web site: Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections . 2010-08-29 . General Election Results and Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 2010-10-05 .