| Katulpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 256 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Katulpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 189,915 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Katulpur is anassembly constituency inBankura district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
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 Sihargram panchayats ofKotulpurcommunity development block; Gelia, Jagannathpur, Kuchiakol, Maynapur,Salda, Uttarbarh, Hetia, Routkhanda and Shyamnagar gram panchayats ofJoypur community development block.[1]
Katulpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 37Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Members[2] | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Saumitra Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | Shyamal Santra | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Harakali Protiher | Bharatiya Janata Party |
The bypoll to the Kotulpur seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Congress Soumitra Khan Switched To Trinamool Congress & Elected as MP of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shyamal Santra | 98,878 | 52.64 | −25.98 | |
| CPI(M) | Sital Kaibartya | 58,521 | 31.15 | −7.47 | |
| BJP | Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar | 23,037 | 12.26 | +26.53 | |
| INC | Akshay Santra | 7,419 | 3.95 | −7.05 | |
| Turnout | 1,90,898 | 100.4% | |||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
Percentage swing with respect to General Election 2011.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Saumitra Khan | 83,355 | 47.40 | +12.13# | |
| CPI(M) | Purnima Bagdi | 81,922 | 46.59 | −18.14 | |
| BJP | Tarun Kotal | 6,180 | 3.51 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Mohan Santra | 4,389 | |||
| Turnout | 175,846 | 92.59 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 30.27# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections, Kalpana Koley ofCPI(M) won the Katulpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Aloka Sen Majumdar ofTrinamool 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 ofCongress 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.[6]
Akshay Kumar Kolay of Congress won in 1972. Jatadhari Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) won in 1971, Niranjan Bhadra ofBangla Congress won in 1969. S.Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Jagannath Kolay of Congress won in1962 and1957. Prior to that the Katulpur seat was not there.[7]
