Katulpur Assembly constituency

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Katulpur
Constituency No. 256 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Katulpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
Lok Sabha constituencyBishnupur
Established1957
Total electors189,915
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  AITC+
Elected year2021

Katulpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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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

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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[b] Bharatiya Janata Party
Trinamool Congress
  • ^ by-election

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katulpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harakali Protiher[c] 106,022 47.31 Increase37.76
AITC Sangeeta Malik 94,237 42.05 Decrease6.98
INC Akshay Santra 17,757 7.92 Decrease30.58
BSP Haru Roy 2,519 1.12 New
NOTA None of the Above 1,856 0.83 Decrease0.89
SUCI(C) Mohan Santra 1,732 0.77 New
Majority 11,785 5.26 Decrease5.27
Turnout 2,24,123 90.82 Increase0.16
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katulpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shyamal Santra 98,901 49.03 Decrease3.61
INC Akshay Santra 77,653 38.50 Increase34.55
BJP Tarun Kumar Kotal 19,255 9.55 Decrease2.71
NOTA None of the Above 3,470 1.72 Increase0.13
Majority 21,248 10.53 Decrease10.96
Turnout 2,01,712 90.66 Decrease0.67
AITC hold Swing

2014 by-election

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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.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election, 2014: Katulpur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shyamal Santra 98,878 52.64 New
CPI(M) Sital Kaibartya 58,521 31.15 Decrease15.44
BJP Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar 23,037 12.26 Increase8.75
INC Akshay Santra 7,419 3.95 Decrease43.45
NOTA None of the Above 3,043 1.59 New
Majority 40,357 21.49 Increase20.68
Turnout 1,91,051 89.99 Decrease2.6
AITC gain from INC Swing

2011

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2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Katulpur[3][4]
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

1977-2006

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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.[5]

1957-1972

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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.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Harakali Protiher was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
  2. ^ Harakali Protiher was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
  3. ^ Harakali Protiher was elected as BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023 he defected to the Trinamool Congress.

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