Ketugram Assembly constituency
| Ketugram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 271 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Ketugram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 197,770 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Ketugram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit]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]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Ketugram assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Ketugram (SC) assembly constituency was earlier a part of Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Tarapada Bandopadhyay | Hindu Mahasabha | |
| 1957 | Sankar Dass | Indian National Congress | |
| Abdus Sattar | |||
| 1962 | Sreemohan Thakur | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | P. Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Ramgoti Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Nirmal Chandra Mandal | ||
| 1972 | Prabhakar Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Raicharan Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Tamal Majhi | ||
| 2001 | Tamal Chandra Majhi | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Sekh Sahonawez | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Anadi Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anadi Ghosh | 111,104 | 50.69 |  10.03 | |
| AITC | Sekh Sahonawez | 83,494 | 38.09 |  8.46 | |
| ISF | Jakir Gaine | 10,700 | 4.88 | ||
| Independent | Mathura Ghosh | 2,509 | 1.14 | ||
| INC | Sheikh Abubakkar | 2,167 | 0.99 | ||
| AJUP | Sabina Yasmin | 2,141 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,034 | 1.84 | 0.16 | |
| Majority | 27,610 | 12.6 | 6.71 | ||
| Turnout | 219,183 | 93.39 | 10.03 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sekh Sahonawez | 100,226 | 46.55 | 0.35 | |
| BJP | Anadi Ghosh | 87,543 | 40.66 | 32.06 | |
| CPI(M) | Mizanul Kabir | 20,092 | 9.33 | 32.36 | |
| BSP | Manik Chandra Pradhan | 2,293 | 1.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,620 | 1.68 | ||
| Majority | 12,683 | 5.89 | |||
| Turnout | 215,317 | 83.36 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sekh Sahonawez | 89,441 | 46.20 | 0.50 | |
| CPI(M) | Abdul Kadar Syed | 80,712 | 41.69 | 3.06 | |
| BJP | Bankubihari Ghosh | 16,641 | 8.60 | 2.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,414 | 2.28 |  | |
| SUCI(C) | M. H. Munsi | 2,391 | 1.24 | | |
| Majority | 8,729 | 4.51 | 3.56 | ||
| Turnout | 1,93,599 | 83.34 | 2.11 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sekh Sahonawez | 77,323 | 45.70 | ||
| CPI(M) | Abdul Kadar Syed | 75,724 | 44.75 | ||
| BJP | Debabrata Basu | 11,051 | 6.53 | ||
| Independent | Kazi Safikur Rahaman | 5,109 | 3.02 | ||
| Majority | 1,599 | 0.95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,69,207 | 85.45 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2006
[edit]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.[6]
1972
[edit]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.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Ketugram". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ "Ketugram". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ "282 - Keugram Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ↑ "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.
