| Katwa | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 270 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Katwa Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman Purba |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 211,459 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Katwa Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPurba Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 270 Katwa assembly constituency coversKatwa municipality,Dainhat municipality,Katwa II community development block and Khajurdihi, Sudpur, Karajgram and Goai gram panchayats ofKatwa I CD Block.[1]
Katwa assembly segment was earlier part ofKatwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Subodh Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | Tarapada Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Subodh Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | Nityananda Thakur | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Haramohan Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Haramohan Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Anjan Chatterjee | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rabindranath Chatterjee | 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 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| 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% | |||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| INChold | Swing | +11.35 | |||
Rabindranath Chatterjee ofCongress won the Katwa assembly seat in2006, 2001, 1996 defeating his nearest rivals, Sudipta Bagchi, Kanak Kanti Goswami and Anjan Chatterjee, all ofCPI(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 ofJanata Party in the respective years.[11]
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, representingCPI, won the seat in1962. Tarapada Cahudhuri of Congress won it in1957. Subodh Chowdhury, representing CPI, won the seat in1951.[12]
