Katwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Katwa
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Katwa Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Katwa Katwa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°39′N88°08′E / 23.650°N 88.133°E / 23.650; 88.133 Coordinates: 23°39′N88°08′E / 23.650°N 88.133°E / 23.650; 88.133
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]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Katwa	Subodh Chowdhury	Communist Party of India [3]
1957		Tarapada Chaudhuri	Indian National Congress [4]
1962		Subodh Chowdhury	Communist Party of India [5]
1967		Subodh Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1969		Nityananda Thakur	Indian National Congress [7]
1971		Haramohan Sinha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972		Subrata Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [9]
1977		Haramohan Sinha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Haramohan Sinha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987		Anjan Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Anjan Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Rabindranath Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [14]
2001		Rabindranath Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [15]
2006		Rabindranth Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [16] [17]
2011		Rabindranath Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [18]
2016		Rabindranath Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress [19] [20]
2021		Rabindranath Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress [21] [22]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Katwa ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rabindranath Chaterjee	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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Katwa ^{[23] [24] [25] [19] [20]}

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 ^{[23] [26] [27]}

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

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. ^[28]

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. ^[29]

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