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, 2021
Rabindranath Chatterjee
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2021
9,155
4.08% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
BJPShyama Majumdar
- Votes
- 98,739
- Vote share
- 43.99%
- Behind by
- 9,155
Electors
2,68,459
Total votes polled
2,24,459
Valid votes
2,24,459
NOTA votes
1,780
0.79% of votes polled
Turnout
83.6%
Full result, 2021
5 candidates · 2,24,459 valid votes
Rabindranath ChatterjeeAITCwon
1,07,894
48.1%
Shyama MajumdarBJP
98,739
44.0%
Prabir GanguliINC
12,976
5.8%
Paritosh ChairBSP
1,598
0.7%
Apurba ChakrabortySUCI
1,472
0.7%
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.
