Amta Assembly constituency is an
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constituency in
Howrah district
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in the
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of
West Bengal
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 181 Amta Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Amta II
Amta II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Jaypur, a constituent panchayat of Amta II block, is located at
...
community development block
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, and Bainan, Baksirhat, Kalyanpur and Sabsit
gram panchayat
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s of
Bagnan I
Bagnan I is a community development block (CD Block) that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Kalyanpur, a constituent panchayat of Bagnan I block, is ...
community development block.
,
Amta Assembly constituency is part of No. 26
Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)
Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Uluberia in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 26 Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency are in Howrah district.
Assemb ...
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
1951–1972
Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress won in 1972.[ Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) won in 1971.][ Nitai Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1969][ and 1967.][ Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won in ]1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
.[ In ]1957
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[ Amta had two seats. Gobinda Charan Maji of PSP won the Amta East seat. Arabinda Roy of Congress won the Amta West seat. In ]1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
[ Amta had three seats. Arabinda Roy of Congress won the Amta South seat. Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won the Amta Central seat. Alamohan Das, Independent, won the Amta North seat.
]
1977–2006
In 2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Pratyush Mukherjee of CPI(M)
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won the Amta assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashok Maji of Trinamool Congress
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in 2006[ and 2001,][ and Prasun Bakuly of ]Congress
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in 1996.[ Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) defeated Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1991][ and 1987,][ Ainuddin Sk. of Congress in 1982,][ and Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1977.]
2011
In the 2011 election, Asit Mitra of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rabindra Nath Mitra of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2016
In the 2016 election, Asit Mitra of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Sil of Trinamool Congress.
2021
In the 2021 election, Sukanta Kumar Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Debtanu Bhattacharjee of Bharatiya Janata Party.
References
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Politics of Howrah district