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, 2016
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2016
911
0.45% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
INCSHYAMA MAJUMDAR
- Votes
- 90,578
- Vote share
- 44.36%
- Behind by
- 911
Electors
2,43,224
Total votes polled
2,04,191
Valid votes
2,04,191
NOTA votes
2,081
1.02% of votes polled
Turnout
84.0%
Full result, 2016
6 candidates · 2,04,191 valid votes
RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEEAITCwon
91,489
44.8%
SHYAMA MAJUMDARINC
90,578
44.4%
ANIL DUTTABJP
14,939
7.3%
KRISHNADAS SAHAPDS
1,800
0.9%
APURBA CHAKRABORTYSUCI
1,690
0.8%
SRIDAM GOLDARBSP
1,614
0.8%
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.
