Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)


Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal state in eastern India, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist and constituent assembly segments are now part of either of the two new constituencies: Bardhaman Purba or Bardhaman-Durgapur.

Assembly segments

Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see Bardhaman Purba and Bardhaman-Durgapur.

Election results

2006 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 16 September 2006 following the death of the sitting MP, Mahboob Zahedi on 8 April 2006.

General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951185,67249.22Janab Abdus Sattar39.15INCAsutosh Lahiri27.36Hindu Mahasabha
1957No seat
1962277,32953.40Saraish Roy56.57CPIAnil Kumar Chanda43.43INC
1967334,98968.94D.Sen49.82INCS.K.Mukherjee46.44CPI
1971382,73372.16Saroj Mukherjee56.91CPIDwaipayan Sen38.39INC
1977369, 90064.30Dhirendra Nath Basu49.84INCSyed Abul Mansur Habibullah46.64CPI
1980549,37077.00Saifuddin Choudhury59.37CPI Dhirendra Nath Basu37.41INC
1984662, 48082.75Saifuddin Choudhury53.75CPI Chowdhury Siddiquallah46.55INC
1989811, 64083.68Saifuddin Choudhury52.41CPI Nurul Islam38.76INC
1991819.63081.15Saifuddin Choudhury50.24CPI Nurul Islam31.02INC
1996960,92086.20Mahboob Zahedi50.46CPI Nurul Islam39.19INC
1998965,24083.46Mahboob Zahedi49.47CPI Swapan Debnath34.89AITC
1999933,09078.83Mehboob Zahedi50.25CPI Amal Kumar Dutta38.45AITC
2004967,46082.72Mahboob Zahedi51.20CPI Sultan Ahmed36.36AITC
2006 Bye Election897,68475.80Abu Ayesh Mondal60.32CPISusanta Ghosh39.68AITC