Katulpur Assembly constituency
| Katulpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 256 for the West 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 | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Katulpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit]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 Sihar gram panchayats of Kotulpur community development block; Gelia, Jagannathpur, Kuchiakol, Maynapur, Salda, Uttarbarh, Hetia, Routkhanda and Shyamnagar gram panchayats of Joypur community development block.[1]
Katulpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Jagannath Kolay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | S. Sarkar | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Niranjan Bhadra | ||
| 1971 | Jatadhari Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Akshay Kumar Kolay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Gunadhar Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Gouripada Dutta | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Manashi Ghose | ||
| 2006 | Kalpana Koley | ||
| 2011 | Saumitra Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014^ | Shyamal Santra | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Harakali Protiher[a] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Trinamool Congress | |||
| 2026 | Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- ^ by-election
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar | 126,241 | 52.55 | +5.24 | |
| AITC | Harakali Protiher | 91,874 | 38.24 | −3.81 | |
| CPI(M) | Ramchandra Roy | 13,380 | 5.57 | ||
| INC | Sumitra Mallik Santra | 2,890 | 1.2 | −6.72 | |
| SUCI(C) | Mohan Santra | 2,192 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,662 | 0.69 | −0.14 | |
| Majority | 34,367 | 14.31 | +9.05 | ||
| Turnout | 240,253 | 94.44 | +3.62 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Harakali Protiher[b] | 106,022 | 47.31 | ||
| AITC | Sangeeta Malik | 94,237 | 42.05 | ||
| INC | Akshay Santra | 17,757 | 7.92 | ||
| BSP | Haru Roy | 2,519 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,856 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | 11,785 | 5.26 | |||
| Turnout | 224,123 | 90.82 | |||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shyamal Santra | 98,901 | 49.03 |  3.61 | |
| INC | Akshay Santra | 77,653 | 38.50 |  34.55 | |
| BJP | Tarun Kumar Kotal | 19,255 | 9.55 | 2.71 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,470 | 1.72 | 0.13 | |
| Majority | 21,248 | 10.53 | 10.96 | ||
| Turnout | 2,01,712 | 90.66 | 0.67 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2014 bypoll
[edit]The bypoll was necessitated after sitting MLA of Congress Saumitra Khan switched to the Trinamool Congress & was elected as MP of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shyamal Santra | 98,878 | 52.64 | New | |
| CPI(M) | Sital Kaibartya | 58,521 | 31.15 | 15.44 | |
| BJP | Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar | 23,037 | 12.26 | 8.75 | |
| INC | Akshay Santra | 7,419 | 3.95 | 43.45 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,043 | 1.59 | New | |
| Majority | 40,357 | 21.49 | 20.68 | ||
| Turnout | 1,91,051 | 89.99 | 2.6 | ||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Saumitra Khan | 83,355 | 47.40 | ||
| CPI(M) | Purnima Bagdi | 81,922 | 46.59 | ||
| BJP | Tarun Kumar Kotal | 6,180 | 3.51 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Mohan Santra | 4,389 | 2.50 | ||
| Majority | 1,433 | 0.81 | |||
| Turnout | 1,75,846 | 92.59 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2006
[edit]In the 2006 state assembly elections, Kalpana Koley of CPI(M) won the Katulpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Aloka Sen Majumdar of Trinamool 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 of Congress 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]
1972
[edit]Akshay Kumar Kolay of Congress won in 1972. Jatadhari Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) won in 1971, Niranjan Bhadra of Bangla Congress won in 1969. S.Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Jagannath Kolay of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. Prior to that the Katulpur seat was not there.[7]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- 1 2 "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2011". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ↑ "254 - Kotulpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
