Ketugram
Constituency No. 271 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBolpur
Established1952
Total electors197,770
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission No. 271 Ketugram assembly constituency covers Ketugram I and Ketugram II blocks and Koshigram and Srikhanda gram panchayats of Katwa I block.[1]

Ketugram (SC) assembly constituency was earlier a part of Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Ketugram assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Tarapada Bandopadhyay Hindu Mahasabha[2]
1957 Sankar Dass and Abdus Sattar Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Sreemohan Thakur Communist Party of India [4]
1967 P.Mandal Indian National Congress [5]
1969 Ramgoti Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Nirmal Chandra Mandal Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972 Prabhakar Mandal Indian National Congress [8]
1977 Raicharan Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982 Raicharan Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987 Raicharan Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991 Raicharan Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996 Tamal Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001 Tamal Chandra Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006 Tamal Chandra Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15][16]
2011 Sekh Sahonawez All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 All India Trinamool Congress[18][19]
2021 All India Trinamool Congress [20][21]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Ketugram [20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sekh Sahonawez 100,226 46.55 Increase0.35
BJP Anadi Ghosh (Mathura) 87,543 40.66 Increase32.06
CPI(M) Mizanul Kabir (Dhiraj) 20,092 9.33
BSP Dr. Manik Chandra Pradhan 2,293 1.06
SUCI(C) Satya Narayan Mondal 1,543 0.72
NOTA None of the above 3,620 1.68
Turnout 215,317
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ketugram [18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sekh Sahonawez 89,441 46.2
CPI(M) Abdul Kadar Syed 80,712 41.69
BJP Bankubihari Ghosh 16,641 8.6
SUCI(C) M.H.Munsi (Kachi Munsi) 2,391 1.24
NOTA None of the above 4,414 2.28
Majority
Turnout 193,599 83.34
AITC hold Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Ketugram[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sk. Sahanawez 77,323 45.70 Increase5.04
CPI(M) Syed Abdul Kader 75,724 44.75 Decrease14.64
BJP Debobrato Bose 11,051 6.53
Independent Kazi Safikur Rahaman 5,109
Turnout 169.207 85.56
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +19.68#

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

1977-2006

Tamal Chandra Majhi of CPI(M) won the Ketugram (SC) assembly seat defeating Amar Ram of Congress in 2006 and 2001, and Narayan Chandra Poddar of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Raicharan Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Chand Kumar Saha of BJP in 1991, Prabahakar Mandal of Congress in 1987, Lal Mohan Saha of Congress in 1982 and Prabhakar Mandal of Congress in 1977.[24]

1951-1972

Prabakar Mondal of Congress won the Ketugram seat in 1972. Nirmal Chandra Mandal of CPI(M) won in 1971. Ramgati Mandal of CPI(M) won in 1969. P.Mandal of Congress won in 1967. Sree Mohan Thakur of CPI won in 1962. Ketugram had a joint seat in 1957. It was won by Sankar Dass and Abdus Sattar, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951 Tarapada Bandopadhya of Hindu Mahasabha won the Ketugram seat.[25]

References

  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.
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  9. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 355. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 347. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 355. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 364. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 373. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 363. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  15. ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Ketugram. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  16. ^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Ketugram. Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Ketugram. Elections.in. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Ketugram". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Ketugram". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Ketugram Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Ketugram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  22. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ketugram. Empowering India. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  23. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Ketugram. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  24. ^ "282 - Keugram Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  25. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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