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, 2001
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2001
16,819
11.54% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
CPMKANAK KANTI GOSWAMI
- Votes
- 61,133
- Vote share
- 41.94%
- Behind by
- 16,819
Electors
1,81,523
Total votes polled
1,45,748
Valid votes
1,45,748
NOTA votes
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Turnout
80.3%
Full result, 2001
3 candidates · 1,45,748 valid votes
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEEINCwon
77,952
53.5%
KANAK KANTI GOSWAMICPM
61,133
41.9%
SWARAJ KUMAR DEYBJP
6,663
4.6%
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
