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, 2011
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2011
27,525
14.76% of valid votes
Result, 2011
Runner-up
CPMSUDIPTA BAGCHI
- Votes
- 70,426
- Vote share
- 37.77%
- Behind by
- 27,525
Electors
2,12,236
Total votes polled
1,86,478
Valid votes
1,86,478
NOTA votes
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Turnout
87.9%
Full result, 2011
8 candidates · 1,86,478 valid votes
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEEINCwon
97,951
52.5%
SUDIPTA BAGCHICPM
70,426
37.8%
ANIL DUTTABJP
7,036
3.8%
MOHAMMAD NASIRUDDINPDCI
3,512
1.9%
APURBA CHAKRABORTYSUCI
2,125
1.1%
CHANDRA CHUR SARKARIND
1,960
1.1%
RANU GOLDARBSP
1,826
1.0%
KISHORE KUMAR GHOSHIND
1,642
0.9%
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the KATWA assembly constituency in 2026?
Krishna Ghosh (BJP) won KATWA in 2026, by a margin of 35,066 votes.
Which party has won KATWA the most times?
INC, with 6 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has KATWA gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won KATWA the most times?
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE, with 3 wins between 2001 and 2016.
