Ketugram Assembly constituency is an
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constituency in
Purba Bardhaman district
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in the
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n
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of
West Bengal
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. The seat was earlier reserved for
scheduled castes
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but is an open seat from 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission No. 271 Ketugram assembly constituency covers
Ketugram I
Ketugram I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Rajoor, a constituent gram panchayat of Ketugram I block, ...
and
Ketugram II
Ketugram II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Gangatikuri, a gram panchayat in Ketugram II CD Block, is ...
blocks and Koshigram and Srikhanda gram panchayats of
Katwa I block.
Ketugram (SC) assembly constituency was earlier a part of
Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Berhampore) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha consti ...
. As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Ketugram assembly constituency is part of No. 41
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserv ...
.
[
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in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
2011
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
1977-2006
Tamal Chandra Majhi of CPI(M)
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won the Ketugram (SC) assembly seat defeating Amar Ram of Congress
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in 2006
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and 2001, and Narayan Chandra Poddar of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Raicharan Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Chand Kumar Saha of BJP
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in 1991, Prabahakar Mandal of Congress in 1987, Lal Mohan Saha of Congress in 1982 and Prabhakar Mandal of Congress in 1977.
1951-1972
Prabakar Mondal of Congress won the Ketugram seat in 1972. Nirmal Chandra Mandal of CPI(M) won in 1971. Ramgati Mandal of CPI(M) won in 1969. P.Mandal of Congress won in 1967. Sree Mohan Thakur of CPI
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won in 1962
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. Ketugram had a joint seat in 1957
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. It was won by Sankar Dass and Abdus Sattar, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951 Tarapada Bandopadhya of Hindu Mahasabha
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won the Ketugram seat.
References
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