# Ketugram Assembly constituency

Ketugram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## 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 (SC) assembly constituency was earlier a part of Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Ketugram assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Tarapada Bandopadhyay | Hindu Mahasabha |
| 1957 | Sankar Dass and Abdus Sattar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Sreemohan Thakur | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | P.Mandal | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Ramgoti Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Nirmal Chandra Mandal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Prabhakar Mandal | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Raicharan Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Raicharan Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Raicharan Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Raicharan Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Tamal Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Tamal Chandra Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Tamal Chandra Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Sekh Sahonawez | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Sekh Sahonawez | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Sekh Sahonawez | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Ketugram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sekh Sahonawez | 100,226 | 46.55 | 0.35 |
| | BJP | Anadi Ghosh (Mathura) | 87,543 | 40.66 | 32.06 |
| | CPI(M) | Mizanul Kabir (Dhiraj) | 20,092 | 9.33 | |
| | BSP | Dr. Manik Chandra Pradhan | 2,293 | 1.06 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Satya Narayan Mondal | 1,543 | 0.72 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,620 | 1.68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,317 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ketugram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Sekh Sahonawez | 89,441 | 46.2 |
| | CPI(M) | Abdul Kadar Syed | 80,712 | 41.69 |
| | BJP | Bankubihari Ghosh | 16,641 | 8.6 |
| | SUCI(C) | M.H.Munsi (Kachi Munsi) | 2,391 | 1.24 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,414 | 2.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 193,599 | 83.34 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Ketugram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sk. Sahanawez | 77,323 | 45.70 | 5.04 |
| | CPI(M) | Syed Abdul Kader | 75,724 | 44.75 | 14.64 |
| | BJP | Debobrato Bose | 11,051 | 6.53 | |
| | Independent | Kazi Safikur Rahaman | 5,109 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169.207 | 85.56 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +19.68# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

### 1977-2006

Tamal Chandra Majhi of CPI(M) won the Ketugram (SC) 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(M) 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(M) won in 1971. Ramgati Mandal of CPI(M) 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.