Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Chhatna
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chhatna
Location in West Bengal
Chhatna
Chhatna (India)
Coordinates: 23°18′06″N 86°58′58″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
Constituency No.248
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency36. Bankura
Electorate (year)194,663 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 248 Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Chhatna [2][3][4]
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 Amarnath Rakshit 8,985 9.86
SUCI Sadananda Mandal 3,145 1.76
BSP Manik Bouri 1,661 0.93 -0.09
JMM Satyaban Bauri 1,585 0.89 -0.79
BMUP 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
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Chhatna [2][5][6]
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.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bankura district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 8 8
Indian National Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 7
Forward Bloc 0 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 1
Communist Party of India 0 1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

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.[7] South bankura

1951-1972

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.[8]

References
  1. "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". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chhatna. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  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. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chhatna. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Chhatna. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  7. "248 - Chhatna Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  8. "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.
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