Amta Assembly constituency

Amta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Amta
Constituency No. 181 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Amta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
LS constituencyUluberia
Established1951
Total electors206,691
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 181, Amta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amta II community development block, and Bainan, Baksirhat, Kalyanpur and Sabsit gram panchayats of Bagnan I community development block.[1] Amta Assembly constituency is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1951Amta SouthArabinda RoyIndian National Congress[2]
Amta CentralTarapada PramanickIndian National Congress[2]
Amta NorthAlamohan DasIndependent[2]
1957Amta EastGobinda Charan MajiPraja Socialist Party[3]
Amta WestArabinda RoyIndian National Congress[3]
1962AmtaTarapada PramanickIndian National Congress[4]
1967Nitai BhandariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Nitai BhandariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Bapindra KoleyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Afiabuddin MondalIndian National Congress[8]
1977Barindra Nath KoleyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Barindra Nath KoleyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Barindra Nath KoleyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Barindra Nath KoleyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Pratyush MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Pratyush MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Pratyush MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Asit MitraIndian National Congress[16]
2016Asit MitraIndian National Congress
2021Sukanta Kumar PaulTrinamool Congress

Election results

1951–1972

Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress won in 1972.[8] Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Nitai Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won in 1962.[4] In 1957[3] 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[2] 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 the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Pratyush Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Amta assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Ashok Maji of Trinamool Congress in 2006[15] and 2001,[14] and Prasun Bakuly of Congress in 1996.[13] 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[12] and 1987,[11] Ainuddin Sk. of Congress in 1982,[10] and Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1977.[9][17]

2011

In the 2011 election, Asit Mitra of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rabindra Nath Mitra of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Amta constituency[16][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAsit Mitra88,26451.82+6.58#
CPI(M)Rabindra Nath Mitra74,54543.76-8.17
BJPSanat Hazra3,7812.22
IndependentRatan Chandra Malick1,757
IndependentAsit Sengupta1,155
IndependentDilip Kumar Hait8350.49
Turnout170,33782.41
INC gain from CPI(M)Swing14.57#

.# 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.

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Amta constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAsit Mitra89,14947.05-4.77
AITCTushar Kanti Sil84,64544.67
BJPSuman Sarkar11,0455.83+3.61
NOTANone of the above1,7940.95
IndependentRatan Chandra Malick1,3790.73
SUCI(C)Sanjib Santra7890.42
IndependentDilip Kumar Hait6740.36-0.13
Turnout189,47579.86-2.55
INC holdSwing

2021

In the 2021 election, Sukanta Kumar Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Debtanu Bhattacharjee of Bharatiya Janata Party.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Amta constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCSukanta Kumar Paul 102,445 49.06 +2.0
BJPDebtanu Bhattacharjee7624036.51+30.68
INCAsit Mitra2510912.02-32.65
NOTANone of the above13020.62
IndependentRatan Chandra Malick1,3790.73
SUCI(C)Sanjib Santra11390.55
IndependentDilip Kumar Hait6740.36-0.13
Turnout20881079.86-2.55
AITC gain from INCSwing

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