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Katwa Lok Sabha constituency
Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Katwa in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.
| Katwa | |
|---|---|
| Former Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | As of 2004: Balagarh (SC) Pandua Kalna Nadanghat Monteswar Purbasthali Katwa |
| Established | 1962 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
| Reservation | None |
Overview edit
As per order o the Delimitation Commission issued in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist and constituent assembly segments are now part of either of the two new constituencies: Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency or Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Assembly segments edit
Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Balagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 188)
- Pandua (assembly constituency no. 189)
- Kalna (assembly constituency no. 276)
- Nadanghat (assembly constituency no. 277)
- Manteswar (assembly constituency no. 278)
- Purbasthali (assembly constituency no. 279)
- Katwa (assembly constituency no. 280)
Members of Parliament edit
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Kalna-Katwa | Janab Abdus Sattar | Indian National Congress[3] |
| Second | 1957-62 | No seat[4] | ||
| Third | 1962-67 | Katwa | Saradish Roy | Communist Party of India[5] |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | D.Sen | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Saroj Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Dhirendranath Basu | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Saifuddin Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Saifuddin Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marist)[10] | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Saifuddin Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Saifuddin Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Mahboob Zahedi | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Mahboob Zahedi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14] | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Mahboob Zahedi | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| Fourteenth | 2004-06 | Mahboob Zahedi | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | |
| 2006-09 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] |
For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Election results edit
2006 Bye-election edit
A bye-election was held on 16 September 2006 following the death of the sitting MP, Mahboob Zahedi on 8 April 2006.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Abu Ayesh Mondal | 541.496 | 60.32 | +8.82 | |
| AITC | Susanta Ghosh | 356,162 | 39.68 | +3.18 | |
| Majority | 185,334 | 19.3 | |||
| Turnout | 8,97,684 | 75.8 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
- Congress Did not Contest In 2006 Bye Polls In Katwa Lok Sabha Constituency.They Supported Trinamool Congress Candidate.***
General election 2004 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mahboob Zahedi | 494,716 | 51.50 | ||
| AITC | Sultan Ahmed | 351,367 | 36.50 | ||
| PDS | Saifuddin Choudhury | 60,693 | 6.30 | ||
| Independent | Hossain Amjad | 14,685 | 9.54 | ||
| BSP | Susul Sarkar | 10,323 | 3.25 | ||
| Independent | Shyam Sundar Das | 8,857 | |||
| CPI(ML) | Salil Dutta | 6,290 | |||
| SHS | Swapan Bhattacharya | 5,442 | |||
| Independent | Rina Mondal | 3,907 | |||
| SP | Kailash Sharma | 3,541 | |||
| Independent | Mohammad Zakaria | 3,362 | 0.49 | --- | |
| Independent | None of the above | 3,080 | 0.49 | --- | |
| Turnout | 9,66,263 | 81.31 | |||
| Majority | 1,43,349 | 14.9 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General elections 1951-2004 edit
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
| 1951 | 185,672 | 49.22 | Janab Abdus Sattar | 39.15 | INC | Asutosh Lahiri | 27.36 | Hindu Mahasabha[3] |
| 1957 | No seat | |||||||
| 1962 | 277,329 | 53.40 | Saraish Roy | 56.57 | CPI | Anil Kumar Chanda | 43.43 | INC[4] |
| 1967 | 334,989 | 68.94 | D.Sen | 49.82 | INC | S.K.Mukherjee | 46.44 | CPI(M)[5] |
| 1971 | 382,733 | 72.16 | Saroj Mukherjee | 56.91 | CPI(M) | Dwaipayan Sen | 38.39 | INC[7] |
| 1977 | 369, 900 | 64.30 | Dhirendra Nath Basu | 49.84 | INC | Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah | 46.64 | CPI (M)[8] |
| 1980 | 549,370 | 77.00 | Saifuddin Choudhury | 59.37 | CPI (M) | Dhirendra Nath Basu | 37.41 | INC (I)[9] |
| 1984 | 662, 480 | 82.75 | Saifuddin Choudhury | 53.75 | CPI (M) | Chowdhury Siddiquallah | 46.55 | INC[10] |
| 1989 | 811, 640 | 83.68 | Saifuddin Choudhury | 52.41 | CPI (M) | Nurul Islam | 38.76 | INC[11] |
| 1991 | 819.630 | 81.15 | Saifuddin Choudhury | 50.24 | CPI (M) | Nurul Islam | 31.02 | INC[12] |
| 1996 | 960,920 | 86.20 | Mahboob Zahedi | 50.46 | CPI (M) | Nurul Islam | 39.19 | INC[13] |
| 1998 | 965,240 | 83.46 | Mahboob Zahedi | 49.47 | CPI (M) | Swapan Debnath | 34.89 | AITC[14] |
| 1999 | 933,090 | 78.83 | Mehboob Zahedi | 50.25 | CPI (M) | Amal Kumar Dutta | 38.45 | AITC[15] |
| 2004 | 967,460 | 82.72 | Mahboob Zahedi | 51.20 | CPI (M) | Sultan Ahmed | 36.36 | AITC[16] |
| 2006 Bye Election | 897,684 | 75.80 | Abu Ayesh Mondal | 60.32 | CPI(M) | Susanta Ghosh | 39.68 | AITC[17] |
See also edit
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