Chhatna Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 248 Chhatna Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chhatna community development block; Veduasol, Brahmandiha, Hatgram, Indpur and Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Indpur community development block.
Chhatna Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election Member Party1952Probodh Chandra Dutta Kamalakanta Hembram1957Kamalakanta Hembram Dhirandranath Chattopadhyay1962Kamalakanta Hembram 1967J Koley1969Sudarshan Singh1971Kamalakanta Hembram 19721977Subhas Goswami 198219871991199620012006Anath Bandhu Mondal 2011 Subhasis Batabyal 2016 Dhirendra Nath Layek 2021 Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay 2026
Election results 2026
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Anath Bandhu Mondal of RSP won the Chhatna assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mahasweta Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Subhas Goswami of RSP won the seat six times in a row defeating Swapan Mondal of Trinamool Congress/Congress in 2001 and 1996, Santi Singha of Congress in 1991, Tapan Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Arun Patra of Congress in 1982 and Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress in 1977.
1972 Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sudarson Singh of SSP won in 1969. J.Koley of Congress won in 1967. Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress won in 1962. Chhatna had a dual seat in 1957. Dhirendranath Chattopadhyay and Kamalakanta Hembram, both of Congress won in 1957. Probodh Chandra Dutta of Hindu Mahasabha and Kamalakanta Hembram of Congress both won in independent India’s first election in 1951.
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