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
Interactive Map Outlining Amta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Uluberia
Established	1951
Total electors	206,691
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sukanta Kumar Paul
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Election	Member	Party
1951	Amta South	Arabinda Roy	Indian National Congress[2]
	Amta Central	Tarapada Pramanick	Indian National Congress[2]
	Amta North	Alamohan Das	Independent[2]
1957	Amta East	Gobinda Charan Maji	Praja Socialist Party[3]
	Amta West	Arabinda Roy	Indian National Congress[3]
1962	Amta	Tarapada Pramanick	Indian National Congress[4]
1967		Nitai Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969		Nitai Bhandari	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971		Bapindra Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972		Afiabuddin Mondal	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Barindra Nath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982		Barindra Nath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987		Barindra Nath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991		Barindra Nath Koley	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996		Pratyush Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001		Pratyush Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006		Pratyush Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011		Asit Mitra	Indian National Congress[16]
2016		Asit Mitra	Indian National Congress
2021		Sukanta Kumar Paul	Trinamool 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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asit Mitra	88,264	51.82	+6.58#
	CPI(M)	Rabindra Nath Mitra	74,545	43.76	−8.17
	BJP	Sanat Hazra	3,781	2.22
	Independent	Ratan Chandra Malick	1,757
	Independent	Asit Sengupta	1,155
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Hait	835	0.49
Turnout			170,337	82.41
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	14.57#

.# 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asit Mitra	89,149	47.05	−4.77
	AITC	Tushar Kanti Sil	84,645	44.67
	BJP	Suman Sarkar	11,045	5.83	+3.61
	NOTA	None of the above	1,794	0.95
	Independent	Ratan Chandra Malick	1,379	0.73
	SUCI(C)	Sanjib Santra	789	0.42
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Hait	674	0.36	−0.13
Turnout			189,475	79.86	−2.55
	INC hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sukanta Kumar Paul	102,445	49.06	+2.0
	BJP	Debtanu Bhattacharjee	76240	36.51	+30.68
	INC	Asit Mitra	25109	12.02	−32.65
	NOTA	None of the above	1302	0.62
	Independent	Ratan Chandra Malick	1,379	0.73
	SUCI(C)	Sanjib Santra	1139	0.55
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Hait	674	0.36	−0.13
Turnout			208810	79.86	−2.55
	AITC gain from INC		Swing