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Katwa Assembly constituency

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Katwa
Constituency No. 270 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituencyBardhaman Purba
Established1951
Total electors211,459
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Krishna Ghosh
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Katwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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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.[1]

As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Katwa assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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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 Trinamool Congress
2021
2026 Krishna Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krishna Ghosh 122,020 50.94 Increase6.95
AITC Rabindranath Chatterjee 86,954 36.3 Decrease11.77
CPI(M) Sanjib Kumar Das 17,939 7.49
INC Ranajit Chatterjee 4,233 1.77 Decrease4.01
AJUP Sippy Tewary 2,307 0.96
NOTA None of the above 1,486 0.62 Decrease0.17
Majority 35,066 14.64 Increase10.56
Turnout 239,536 93.08 Increase9.24
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rabindranath Chatterjee 107,894 48.07 Increase3.26
BJP Shyama Majumdar 98,739 43.99 Increase36.67
INC Prabir Ganguli 12,976 5.78 Decrease38.58
NOTA None of the above 1,780 0.79
Majority 9,155 4.08
Turnout 224,459 83.84
AITC hold Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rabindranath Chatterjee 91,489 44.81 New entry
INC Shyama Majumdar 90,578 44.36 Decrease8.17
BJP Anil Dutta 14,939 7.32 Increase3.55
NOTA None of the above 2,081 1.02 New entry
PDS Krishnadas Saha 1,800 0.88 New entry
SUCI(C) Apurba Chakraborty 1,690 0.83 Decrease0.31
BSP Sridam Goldar 1,614 0.79 Decrease0.19
Majority 911 0.45 Decrease14.31
Turnout 2,04,191 83.95 Decrease3.91
AITC gain from INC Swing

2011

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2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rabindranath Chatterjee 97,951 52.53
CPI(M) Sudipta Bagchi 70,426 37.77
BJP Anil Dutta 7,036 3.77
PDCI Mohammad Nasiruddin 3,512 1.88
SUCI(C) Apurba Chakraborty 2,125 1.14
Independent Chandra Chur Sarkar 1,960 1.05
BSP Ranu Goldar 1,826 0.98
Independent Kishore Kumar Ghosh 1,642 0.88
Majority 27,525 14.76
Turnout 1,86,478 87.86
INC hold Swing

2006

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2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rabindranath Chatterjee 76,806 48.40
CPI(M) Sudipta Bagchi 71,401 44.99
BJP Bipul Das 6,023 3.80
Independent Apurba Chakraborty (Apu) 4,440 2.80
Majority 5,405 3.41
Turnout
INC hold Swing

2001

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2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rabindranath Chatterjee 77,952 53.48
CPI(M) Kanak Kanti Goswami 61,133 41.94
BJP Swaraj Kumar Dey 6,663 4.57
Majority 16,819 11.54
Turnout 145,779 80.31
INC hold Swing

1996

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1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rabindra Nath Chatterjee 70,517 50.42
CPI(M) Anjan Chatterjee 63,172 45.17
BJP Satya Gopal Ganguly 4,076 2.91
Independent Uttam Kejriwal 2,094 1.50
Majority 7,345 5.25
Turnout 141,568 85.39
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1991

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1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anjan Chatterjee 49,223 42.08
INC Rabindra Nath Chatterjee 45,180 38.63
BJP Santanu Sinha 14,266 12.20
Independent Hara Mohan Sinha 7,708 6.59
Independent Harihar Bairaggya 589 0.50
Majority 4,043 3.45
Turnout 120,513 80.58
CPI(M) hold Swing

1987

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1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anjan Chatterjee 53,233 54.17
INC Rabindra Nath Chatterjee 42,741 43.50
LKD Hara Gopal Ghosh 1,538 1.57
Independent Ajit Chatterjee 750 0.76
Majority 10,492 10.68
Turnout 100,091 77.79
CPI(M) hold Swing

1982

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1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Haramohan Sinha 44,761 53.34
INC Subrata Mukhopadhyay 36,195 43.14
Independent Ganguly Subhasis 2,322 2.77
Independent Mahadeb Dalal 631 0.75
Majority 8,566 10.20
Turnout 85,676 77.08
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977

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1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Haramohan Sinha 36,290 61.15
JP Nityananda Thakur 12,556 21.16
INC Subrata Mukherjee 10,496 17.69
Majority 23,734 39.99
Turnout 60,332 62.29
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1972

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1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Subrata Mukherje 33,061 60.37
CPI(M) Hara Mohan Sinha 21,703 39.63
Majority 11,358 20.74
Turnout 56,091 64.46
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1971

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1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Haramohan Sinha 27,656 54.70
INC Subrata Mukherjee 20,990 41.51
INC(O) Tarapada Bandyopadhyay 1,916 3.79
Majority 6,666 13.19
Turnout 52,696 63.81
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1969

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1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thakur Nityananda 26,182 51.37
CPI(M) Hara Mohan Sinha 24,080 47.25
LKD Ahdyapak Bhabesh Chandra 702 1.38
Majority 2,102 4.12
Turnout 52,524 68.88
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1967

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1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S. Chowdhury 20,870 48.81
INC T. Bandyopadhyay 20,263 47.39
Independent G. Haladhar 946 2.21
Independent S. K. Banerjee 679 1.59
Majority 607 1.42
Turnout 44,901 60.31
Swing to CPI(M) from CPI Swing

1962

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1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Subodh Choudhury 24,477 56.81
INC Nityananda Thakur 18,612 43.19
Majority 5,865 13.62
Turnout 44,735 58.38
Swing to CPI from INC Swing

1957

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1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tarapada Chaudhuri 20,102 54.30
CPI Subodh Chaudhuri 15,799 42.67
HM Haridas Saha 1,121 3.03
Majority 4,303 11.63
Turnout 37,022 56.77
Swing to INC from CPI Swing

1951

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1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Subodh Chowdhury 10,035 35.10
INC Basanta Kumar Bandyopadyyay 7,965 27.86
HM Sambhu Kali Bhattacharjee 3,184 11.14
Independent Kamalapati Chowdhury 2,906 10.17
ABJS Dwijapada Kundu 2,782 9.73
Independent Gunendra Nath Mukhopadhyaya 950 3.32
Independent Asoke Kumar Bandyapadhyay 766 2.68
Majority 2,070 7.24
Turnout 28,588 49.76
CPI win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
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