Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Katwa in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.
Overview As per order o 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 Lok Sabha constituency or Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Assembly segments Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Balagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 188) Pandua (assembly constituency no. 189) Kalna (assembly constituency no. 276) Nadanghat (assembly constituency no. 277) Monteswar (assembly constituency no. 278) Purbasthali (assembly constituency no. 279) Katwa (assembly constituency no. 280)
Members of Parliament Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party affiliationFirst1952-57Kalna-KatwaJanab Abdus SattarIndian National CongressSecond1957-62No seatThird1962-67KatwaSaradish RoyCommunist Party of IndiaFourth1967-71D.SenIndian National CongressFifth 1971-77Saroj MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Sixth1977-80Dhirendranath BasuIndian National Congress Seventh1980-84Saifuddin ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Eighth1984-89Saifuddin ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marist) Ninth1989-91Saifuddin ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Tenth1991-96Saifuddin ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Eleventh1996-98Mahboob ZahediCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Twelfth1998-99Mahboob ZahediCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Thirteenth1999-04Mahboob ZahediCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Fourteenth2004-06Mahboob ZahediCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2006-09Abu Ayesh MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
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.
Congress Did not Contest In 2006 Bye Polls In Katwa Lok Sabha Constituency.They Supported Trinamool Congress Candidate.***
General election 2004
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%ageParty1951185,67249.22Janab Abdus Sattar39.15INCAbu Shied27.36WPOI1957No seat1962277,32953.40Saraish Roy56.57CPIAnil Kumar Chanda43.43INC1967334,98968.94D.Sen49.82INCS.K.Mukherjee46.44CPI(M)1971382,73372.16Saroj Mukherjee56.91CPI(M)Dwaipayan Sen38.39INC1977 369, 90064.30Dhirendra Nath Basu49.84INCSyed Abul Mansur Habibullah46.64CPI (M) 1980549,37077.00Saifuddin Choudhury59.37CPI (M) Dhirendra Nath Basu37.41INC (I)1984662, 48082.75Saifuddin Choudhury53.75CPI (M)Chowdhury Siddiquallah46.55INC1989811, 64083.68Saifuddin Choudhury52.41CPI (M)Nurul Islam38.76INC1991819.63081.15Saifuddin Choudhury50.24CPI (M)Nurul Islam31.02INC1996960,92086.20Mahboob Zahedi50.46CPI (M)Nurul Islam39.19INC1998965,24083.46Mahboob Zahedi49.47CPI (M)Swapan Debnath34.89AITC1999933,09078.83Mehboob Zahedi50.25CPI (M)Amal Kumar Dutta38.45AITC2004967,46082.72Mahboob Zahedi51.20CPI (M)Sultan Ahmed36.36AITC2006 Bye Election 897,684 75.80Abu Ayesh Mondal60.32CPI(M)Susanta Ghosh39.68AITC
See also Bardhaman district List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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