Amta Assembly constituency is an
assembly constituency in
Howrah district
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in the
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state
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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
In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...
, and Bainan, Baksirhat, Kalyanpur and Sabsit
gram panchayats 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, i ...
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.
Assem ...
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Members of the 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
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
.[ In ]1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
[ 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 Uni ...
[ 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
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Pratyush Mukherjee of CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...
won the Amta assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Ashok Maji of Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...
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
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Howrah district
Constituencies established in 1951
1951 establishments in West Bengal