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.
Every election in this seat
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin % | Candidates | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BJPKrishna Ghosh | AITCRabindranath Chatterjee | 35,066 | 14.64% | 10 | 93.1% |
| 2021 | AITCRabindranath Chatterjee | BJPShyama Majumdar | 9,155 | 4.08% | 5 | 83.6% |
| 2016 | AITCRABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE | INCSHYAMA MAJUMDAR | 911 | 0.45% | 6 | 84.0% |
| 2011 | INCRABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE | CPMSUDIPTA BAGCHI | 27,525 | 14.76% | 8 | 87.9% |
| 20061973 boundaries | INCCHATTERJEE RABINDRANATH | CPMSUDIPTA BAGCHI | 5,405 | 3.41% | 4 | 86.0% |
| 20011973 boundaries | INCRABINDRANATH CHATTERJEE | CPMKANAK KANTI GOSWAMI | 16,819 | 11.54% | 3 | 80.3% |
| 19961973 boundaries | INCRABINDRA NATH CHATTERJEE | CPMANJAN CHATTERJEE | 7,345 | 5.25% | 4 | 84.4% |
| 19911973 boundaries | CPMANJAN CHATTERJEE | INCRABINDRA NATH CHATTERJEE | 4,043 | 3.46% | 5 | 78.2% |
| 19871973 boundaries | CPMANJAN CHATTERJEE | INCRABINDRA NATH CHATTERJEE | 10,492 | 10.68% | 4 | 76.4% |
| 19821973 boundaries | CPMHARAMOHAN SINHA | INCSUBRATA MUKHOPADHYAY | 8,566 | 10.21% | 4 | 75.5% |
| 19771973 boundaries | CPMHARAMOHAN SINHA | JNPNITYANANDA THAKUR | 23,734 | 40.00% | 3 | 61.3% |
| 19721966 boundaries | INCSUBRATA MUKHERJE | CPMHARA MOHAN SINHA | 11,358 | 20.74% | 2 | 62.9% |
| 19711966 boundaries | CPMHARAMOHAN SINHA | INCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 6,666 | 13.18% | 3 | 61.2% |
| 19691966 boundaries | INCTHAKUR NITYANANDA | CPMHARA MOHAN SINHA | 2,102 | 4.12% | 3 | 66.8% |
| 19671966 boundaries | CPMS. CHOWDHURY | INCT . BANDYOPADHYAY | 607 | 1.42% | 4 | 57.4% |
| 19621961 boundaries | CPISUBODH CHOUDHURY | INCNITYANANDA THAKUR | 5,865 | 13.61% | 2 | 56.2% |
Rows are matched by assembly constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.
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.
