Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Chhatna | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Chhatna   Chhatna Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 23°18′06″N 86°58′58″E / 23.30167°N 86.98278°ECoordinates: 23°18′06″N 86°58′58″E / 23.30167°N 86.98278°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Constituency No. | 248 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 36. Bankura |
| Electorate (year) | 194,663 (2011) |
Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Subhasis Batabyal | 70,340 | 45.58 | +5.21# | |
| RSP | Anath Bandhu Mondal | 62,576 | 40.55 | -11.49 | |
| Independent | Madan Layek | 6,156 | |||
| BJP | Rabindranath Mandal | 4,221 | |||
| JMM | Kanai Banerjee | 2,597 | |||
| JDP | Dhaneswar Hansda | 2,224 | |||
| CPI(ML) Liberation | Avijit Hansda | 2,016 | |||
| Independent | Bharati Mudi | 1,709 | |||
| BSP | Jagadananda Roy | 1,579 | |||
| JVM(P) | Soumendra Mukherjee | 89 | |||
| Turnout | 154,316 | 79.27 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from RSP | Swing | 16.70# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| 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.[5]
1952-1972
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 won in independent India’s first election in 1952. [6]
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ↑ "Chhatna". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Chhatna. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Chhatna. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ↑ "248 - Chhatna Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-03.