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Chhatna Assembly constituency

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Chhatna
Constituency No. 248 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Chhatna Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
LS constituencyBankura
Established1951
Total electors194,663
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Chhatna Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 248 Chhatna Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chhatna community development block; Veduasol, Brahmandiha, Hatgram, Indpur and Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Indpur community development block.[1]

Chhatna Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Members[2] Party
2011 Subhasis Batabyal All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Dhirendra Nath Layek Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
2021 Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Chhatna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay 90,233 45.84 +38.42
AITC Subhasis Batabyal 83,069 42.20 +2.42
RSP Falguni Mukherjee 9,700 4.93 −36.20
NOTA None of the above 3,514 1.79 −2.52
Independent Rabindranath Bouri 2,866 1.46
Independent Dinanath Chatterjee 2,602 1.32
BMP Dinabandhu Bauri 1,838 0.93 +0.11
Independent Abir Chandra Mandal 1,227 0.62
SUCI(C) Sadananda Mandal 978 0.50 −1.26
Independent Anath Bauri 809 0.41
Majority 7,164 3.64 +2.30
Turnout 196,836 84.52 +3.58
BJP gain from RSP Swing

2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chhatna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Dhirendra Nath Layek 73,648 41.13 +0.58
AITC Subhasis Batabyal 71,231 39.78 −5.80
BJP Swapan Mukherjee 13,287 7.42 +4.69
NOTA None of the above 7,709 4.31 +4.31
Independent Bankim Mishra 3,339 1.86
SUCI(C) Sadananda Mandal 3,145 1.76
BSP Manik Bouri 1,661 0.93 −0.09
JMM Satyaban Bauri 1,585 0.89 −0.79
BMP Uttam Kundu 1,476 0.82
CPI(ML)L Ramnibas Baskey 1,152 0.64 −0.66
JDP Panmani Besra 835 0.47 −0.97
Majority 2,417 1.34
Turnout 1,79,069 80.94 +1.67
RSP gain from AITC Swing

2011

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2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Chhatna[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subhasis Batabyal 70,340 45.58 +5.21#
RSP Anath Bandhu Mondal 62,576 40.55 −11.49
Independent Madan Layek 6,156 3.98
BJP Rabindranath Mandal 4,221 2.73
JMM Kanai Banerjee 2,597 1.68
JDP Dhaneswar Hansda 2,224 1.44
CPI(ML)L Avijit Hansda 2,016 1.30
Independent Bharati Mudi 1,709 1.10
BSP Jagadananda Roy 1,579 1.02
JVM(P) Soumendra Mukherjee 89 0.05
Majority 7,764 5.03
Turnout 154,316 79.27
AITC gain from RSP Swing +16.70#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections, Anath Bandhu Mondal of RSP won the Chhatna assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mahasweta Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Subhas Goswami of RSP won the seat six times in a row defeating Swapan Mondal of Trinamool Congress/Congress in 2001 and 1996, Santi Singha of Congress in 1991, Tapan Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Arun Patra of Congress in 1982 and Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress in 1977.[5]

1951-1972

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Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sudarson Singh of SSP won in 1969. J.Koley of Congress won in 1967. Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress won in 1962. Chhatna had a dual seat in 1957. Dhirendranath Chattopadhyay and Kamalakanta Hembram, both of Congress won in 1957. Probodh Chandra Dutta of Hindu Mahasabha and Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress both won in independent India’s first election in 1951.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ "Chhatna Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Chhatna Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chhatna. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Chhatna. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "248 - Chhatna Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  6. ^ "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.