KATWA
Assembly seat no. 270 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called KATWA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 2026
Krishna Ghosh
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2026
35,066
14.64% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCRabindranath Chatterjee
- Votes
- 86,954
- Vote share
- 36.30%
- Behind by
- 35,066
Electors
2,57,343
Total votes polled
2,39,536
Valid votes
2,39,536
NOTA votes
1,486
0.62% of votes polled
Turnout
93.1%
Full result, 2026
10 candidates · 2,39,536 valid votes
Krishna GhoshBJPwon
1,22,020
50.9%
Rabindranath ChatterjeeAITC
86,954
36.3%
Sanjib Kumar DasCPM
17,939
7.5%
Chatterjee RanajitINC
4,233
1.8%
Sippy TewaryAJUP
2,307
1.0%
Surojit GhoshIND
2,004
0.8%
Kalipada GainBSP
855
0.4%
Krishna GhoshIND
764
0.3%
Rahul PalGGP
528
0.2%
Apurba ChakrabortySUCI
446
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Krishna Ghosh | BJP | 1,22,020 | 50.94% | Rabindranath Chatterjee | 35,066 |
| 2021 | Rabindranath Chatterjee | AITC | 1,07,894 | 48.07% | Shyama Majumdar | 9,155 |
| 2016 | RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE | AITC | 91,489 | 44.81% | SHYAMA MAJUMDAR | 911 |
| 2011 | RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE | INC | 97,951 | 52.53% | SUDIPTA BAGCHI | 27,525 |
| 2006 | CHATTERJEE RABINDRANATH | INC | 76,806 | 48.41% | SUDIPTA BAGCHI | 5,405 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above