| Amta | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 181 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Amta Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Uluberia |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 206,691 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Amta Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHowrah district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 181, Amta Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Amta IIcommunity development block, and Bainan, Baksirhat, Kalyanpur and Sabsitgram panchayats ofBagnan I community development block.[1] Amta Assembly constituency is part of No. 26Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Arabinda Roy (Amta South) | Indian National Congress | |
| Tarapada Pramanick (Amta Central) | |||
| Alamohan Das (Amta North) | Independent politician | ||
| 1957 | Gobinda Charan Maji (Amta East) | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Arabinda Roy (Amta West) | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Tarapada Pramanick | ||
| 1967 | Nitai Bhandari | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Bapindra Koley | ||
| 1972 | Afiabuddin Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Barindra Nath Koley | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pratyush Mukherjee | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Asit Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Sukanta Kumar Paul | Trinamool Congress | |
Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress won in 1972.[2]Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) won in 1971.[3] Nitai Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1969[4] and 1967.[5] Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won in1962.[6] In1957[7] Amta had two seats. Gobinda Charan Maji ofPSP won the Amta East seat. Arabinda Roy of Congress won the Amta West seat. In1951[8] 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.
In the2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Pratyush Mukherjee ofCPI(M) won the Amta assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Ashok Maji ofTrinamool Congress in 2006[9] and 2001,[10] and Prasun Bakuly ofCongress in 1996.[11] 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,[13] Ainuddin Sk. of Congress in 1982,[14] and Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1977.[15][16]
In the 2011 election, Asit Mitra of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rabindra Nath Mitra of CPI(M).
| 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 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 14.57# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2016 election, Asit Mitra of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Sil of Trinamool Congress.
| 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 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2021 election, Sukanta Kumar Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Debtanu Bhattacharjee of Bharatiya Janata Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sukanta Kumar Paul | 102,445 | 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 | ||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
