Katulpur Assembly constituency

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Katulpur
Constituency No. 256 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Katulpur Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency Bishnupur
Established1957
Total electors189,915
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  AITC +
Elected year 2021

Katulpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 256 Katulpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Deshra-koyalpara, Gopinathpur, Kotulpur, Lego, Mirzapur and Sihar gram panchayats of Kotulpur community development block; Gelia, Jagannathpur, Kuchiakol, Maynapur, Salda, Uttarbarh, Hetia, Routkhanda and Shyamnagar gram panchayats of Joypur community development block. [1]

Katulpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency. [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1957 Jagannath Kolay Indian National Congress
1962
1967 S. Sarkar Bangla Congress
1969 Niranjan Bhadra
1971 Jatadhari Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972 Akshay Kumar Kolay Indian National Congress
1977 Gunadhar Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987 Gouripada Dutta
1991
1996
2001 Manashi Ghose
2006 Kalpana Koley
2011 Saumitra Khan Indian National Congress
2014^ Shyamal Santra Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Harakali Protiher [b] Bharatiya Janata Party
Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katulpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Harakali Protiher [c] 106,022 47.31 Increase2.svg37.76
AITC Sangeeta Malik94,23742.05Decrease2.svg6.98
INC Akshay Santra17,7577.92Decrease2.svg30.58
BSP Haru Roy2,5191.12New
NOTA None of the Above 1,8560.83Decrease2.svg0.89
SUCI(C) Mohan Santra1,7320.77New
Majority 11,7855.26Decrease2.svg5.27
Turnout 2,24,12390.82Increase2.svg0.16
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katulpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Shyamal Santra 98,901 49.03 Decrease2.svg3.61
INC Akshay Santra77,65338.50Increase2.svg34.55
BJP Tarun Kumar Kotal19,2559.55Decrease2.svg2.71
NOTA None of the Above 3,4701.72Increase2.svg0.13
Majority 21,24810.53Decrease2.svg10.96
Turnout 2,01,71290.66Decrease2.svg0.67
AITC hold Swing

2014 by-election

The bypoll was necessitated after sitting MLA of Congress Saumitra Khan switched to the Trinamool Congress & was elected as MP of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election, 2014: Katulpur [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Shyamal Santra 98,878 52.64 New
CPI(M) Sital Kaibartya58,52131.15Decrease2.svg15.44
BJP Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar23,03712.26Increase2.svg8.75
INC Akshay Santra7,4193.95Decrease2.svg43.45
NOTA None of the Above 3,0431.59New
Majority 40,35721.49Increase2.svg20.68
Turnout 1,91,05189.99Decrease2.svg2.6
AITC gain from INC Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katulpur [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Saumitra Khan 83,355 47.40
CPI(M) Purnima Bagdi81,92246.59
BJP Tarun Kumar Kotal6,1803.51
SUCI(C) Mohan Santra4,3892.50
Majority 1,4330.81
Turnout 1,75,84692.59
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Kalpana Koley of CPI(M) won the Katulpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Aloka Sen Majumdar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Manashi Ghose of CPI(M) defeated Sunil Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Gouripada Dutta of CPI(M) defeated Nikhil Bose of Congress in 1996, Akshay Kumar Koley of Congress in 1991, and Bablu Kolay of Congress in 1987. Gunadhar Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Aksay Kumar Koley of Congress in 1982 and 1977. [5]

1957-1972

Akshay Kumar Kolay of Congress won in 1972. Jatadhari Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) won in 1971, Niranjan Bhadra of Bangla Congress won in 1969. S.Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Jagannath Kolay of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. Prior to that the Katulpur seat was not there. [6]

Notes

  1. Harakali Protiher was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
  2. Harakali Protiher was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
  3. Harakali Protiher was elected as BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023 he defected to the Trinamool Congress.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2011". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Katulpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. "254 - Kotulpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.