Rabindranath Chatterjee (born 3 February 1949)[1] is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is a six time member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Katwa Assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district. He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress party.[2][3]

Early life and education

Chatterjee is from Katwa, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Radhakanta Chatterjee. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce in 1969 at Katwa College which is affiliated with the University of Burdwan.[4]

Career

Chatterjee won from Katwa Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 107,894 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shyama Majumdar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 9,155 votes.[5] He first became an MLA winning the 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress. He retained the seat in 2001 and won two more terms on Congress ticket in 2006 and 2011 Assembly elections.[5] In 2011, he defeated Sudipta Bagchi of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Later, he shifted to All India Trinamool Congress in May 2015[6][7] and won the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election for the fifth time defeating his nearest rival Shyama Majumdar of the Indian National Congress. He polled 84,549 votes against 81,721 votes to Majumdar.[8][5] Again, he retained the seat for the Trinamool Congress in the 2021 election to become a six time MLA from Katwa.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Rabindranath Chatterjee, AITC MLA from Katwa - Our Neta". Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ Live, A. B. P. "Katwa Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing , Winners West bengal Katwa Constituency Election News LIVE". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Katwa, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021". India Today. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Rabindranath Chatterjee(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- KATWA(PURBA BARDHAMAN) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Katwa Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Rabindranath Chatterjee Of TMC Wins". News18. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Congress's Rabindranath Chatterjee joins Trinamool Congress". The Indian Express. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Congress MLA joins Trinamool". The Hindu. 29 May 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  8. ^ "West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Katwa profile: TMC's Rabindra Chatterjee won constituency in 2016". Firstpost. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Katwa Election Result 2021 LIVE: TMC's Rabindranath Chatterjee retains his Katwa seat - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Katwa Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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