| Chhatna | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 248 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Chhatna Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bankura |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 194,663 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Chhatna Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inBankura district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 248 Chhatna Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Chhatnacommunity development block; Veduasol, Brahmandiha, Hatgram, Indpur and Raghunathpurgram panchayats ofIndpur community development block.[1]
Chhatna Assembly constituency is part of No. 36Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Subhasis Batabyal | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Dhirendra Nath Layek | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 2021 | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay | 90,233 | 45.84 | +38.42 | |
| AITC | Subhasis Batabyal | 83,069 | 42.20 | +2.42 | |
| RSP | Falguni Mukherjee | 9,700 | 4.93 | −36.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,514 | 1.79 | −2.52 | |
| Independent | Rabindranath Bouri | 2,866 | 1.46 | ||
| Independent | Dinanath Chatterjee | 2,602 | 1.32 | ||
| BMP | Dinabandhu Bauri | 1,838 | 0.93 | +0.11 | |
| Independent | Abir Chandra Mandal | 1,227 | 0.62 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Sadananda Mandal | 978 | 0.50 | −1.26 | |
| Independent | Anath Bauri | 809 | 0.41 | ||
| Majority | 7,164 | 3.64 | +2.30 | ||
| Turnout | 196,836 | 84.52 | +3.58 | ||
| BJPgain fromRSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Dhirendra Nath Layek | 73,648 | 41.13 | +0.58 | |
| AITC | Subhasis Batabyal | 71,231 | 39.78 | −5.80 | |
| BJP | Swapan Mukherjee | 13,287 | 7.42 | +4.69 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,709 | 4.31 | +4.31 | |
| Independent | Bankim Mishra | 3,339 | 1.86 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Sadananda Mandal | 3,145 | 1.76 | ||
| BSP | Manik Bouri | 1,661 | 0.93 | −0.09 | |
| JMM | Satyaban Bauri | 1,585 | 0.89 | −0.79 | |
| BMP | Uttam Kundu | 1,476 | 0.82 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Ramnibas Baskey | 1,152 | 0.64 | −0.66 | |
| JDP | Panmani Besra | 835 | 0.47 | −0.97 | |
| Majority | 2,417 | 1.34 | |||
| Turnout | 1,79,069 | 80.94 | +1.67 | ||
| RSPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subhasis Batabyal | 70,340 | 45.58 | +5.21# | |
| RSP | Anath Bandhu Mondal | 62,576 | 40.55 | −11.49 | |
| Independent | Madan Layek | 6,156 | 3.98 | ||
| BJP | Rabindranath Mandal | 4,221 | 2.73 | ||
| JMM | Kanai Banerjee | 2,597 | 1.68 | ||
| JDP | Dhaneswar Hansda | 2,224 | 1.44 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Avijit Hansda | 2,016 | 1.30 | ||
| Independent | Bharati Mudi | 1,709 | 1.10 | ||
| BSP | Jagadananda Roy | 1,579 | 1.02 | ||
| JVM(P) | Soumendra Mukherjee | 89 | 0.05 | ||
| Majority | 7,764 | 5.03 | |||
| Turnout | 154,316 | 79.27 | |||
| AITCgain fromRSP | Swing | +16.70# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections, Anath Bandhu Mondal ofRSP won the Chhatna assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mahasweta Mondal ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Subhas Goswami of RSP won the seat six times in a row defeating Swapan Mondal of Trinamool Congress/Congress in 2001 and 1996, Santi Singha of Congress in 1991, Tapan Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Arun Patra of Congress in 1982 and Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress in 1977.[4]
Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sudarson Singh ofSSP won in 1969. J.Koley of Congress won in 1967. Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress won in1962. Chhatna had a dual seat in 1957. Dhirendranath Chattopadhyay and Kamalakanta Hembram, both of Congress won in1957. Probodh Chandra Dutta ofHindu Mahasabha and Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress both won inindependent India’s first election in 1951.[5]
