Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Amta
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 22°34′16″N88°00′32″E / 22.57111°N 88.00889°E / 22.57111; 88.00889 Coordinates: 22°34′16″N88°00′32″E / 22.57111°N 88.00889°E / 22.57111; 88.00889
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Constituency No.	181
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	26. Uluberia
Electorate (year)	206,691 (2011)

Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 181 Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Amta II community development block, and Bainan, Baksirhat, Kalyanpur and Sabsit gram panchayats of Bagnan I community development block. ^[1] | Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Amta South	Arabinda Roy	Indian National Congress [2]
	Amta Central	Tarapada Pramanick	Indian National Congress [2]
	Amta North	Alamohan Das	Independent [2]
1957	Amta East	Gobinda Charan Maji	Praja Socialist Party [3]
	Amta West	Arabinda Roy	Indian National Congress [3]
1962	Amta	Tarapada Pramanick	Indian National Congress [4]
1967		Nitai Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1969		Nitai Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971		Barindranath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972		Aftabuddin Mondal	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Barindranath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Barindranath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Barindranath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Barindranath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Pratyush Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Pratyush Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Pratyush Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Asit Mitra	Indian National Congress [16]
2016		Asit Mitra	Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Sukanta Kumar Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Debtanu Bhattacharjee of Bharatiya Janata Party.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Amta constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukanta Kumar Paul	102445	49.06	+2.0
	BJP	Debtanu Bhattacharjee	76240	36.51	+30.68
	INC	Asit Mitra	25109	12.02	-32.65
	NOTA	None of the above	1302	0.62
	Independent	Ratan Chandra Malick	1,379	0.73
	SUCI(C)	Sanjib Santra	1139	0.55
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Hait	674	0.36	-0.13
Turnout			208810	79.86	-2.55
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Asit Mitra of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Sil of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Amta constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asit Mitra	89,149	47.05	-4.77
	AITC	Tushar Kanti Sil	84,645	44.67
	BJP	Suman Sarkar	11,045	5.83	+3.61
	NOTA	None of the above	1,794	0.95
	Independent	Ratan Chandra Malick	1,379	0.73
	SUCI(C)	Sanjib Santra	789	0.42
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Hait	674	0.36	-0.13
Turnout			189,475	79.86	-2.55
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Mitra of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rabindra Nath Mitra of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Amta constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asit Mitra	88,264	51.82	+6.58#
	CPI (M)	Rabindra Nath Mitra	74,545	43.76	-8.17
	BJP	Sanat Hazra	3,781	2.22
	Independent	Ratan Chandra Malick	1,757
	Independent	Asit Sengupta	1,155
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Hait	835	0.49
Turnout			170,337	82.41
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	14.57#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Pratyush Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Amta assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashok Maji of Trinamool Congress in 2006 ^[15] and 2001, ^[14] and Prasun Bakuly of Congress in 1996. ^[13] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) defeated Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1991 ^[12] and 1987, ^[11] Ainuddin Sk. of Congress in 1982, ^[10] and Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1951-1972

Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress won in 1972. ^[8] Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[7] Nitai Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1969 ^[6] and 1967. ^[5] Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won in 1962. ^[4] In 1957 ^[3] Amta had two seats. Gobinda Charan Maji of PSP won the Amta East seat. Arabinda Roy of Congress won the Amta West seat. In 1951 ^[2] Amta had three seats. Arabinda Roy of Congress won the Amta South seat. Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won the Amta Central seat. Alamohan Das, Independent, won the Amta North seat.

References

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