Ketugram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Ketugram is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat was earlier reserved for scheduled castes but is an open seat from 2011.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission No. 271 Ketugram assembly constituency covers Ketugram I and Ketugram II blocks and Koshigram and Srikhanda gram panchayats of Katwa I block.
Ketugram assembly constituency was earlier a part of Baharampur. As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Ketugram assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur.

Election results

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

1977-2006

Tamal Chandra Majhi of CPI won the Ketugram assembly seat defeating Amar Ram of Congress in 2006 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 defeated Chand Kumar Saha of BJP 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 won in 1971. Ramgati Mandal of CPI won in 1969. P.Mandal of Congress won in 1967. Sree Mohan Thakur of CPI won in 1962. Ketugram had a joint seat in 1957. 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 won the Ketugram seat.