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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 181
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|26. Uluberia]]
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'''Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
 
==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 181 Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)  is composed of the following: [[Amta II (community development block)|Amta II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bainan, Baksirhat, Kalyanpur and Sabsit [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Bagnan I (community development block)|Bagnan I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=25 July 2015|work= West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
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Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 26 [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>
 
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Amta South||Arabinda Roy||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No.  |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|||Amta Central||Tarapada Pramanick||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|||Amta North||[[Alamohan Das]]||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
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|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Amta East||Gobinda Charan Maji||[[Praja Socialist Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|||Amta West||Arabinda Roy||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
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|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Amta||Tarapada Pramanick||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Nitai Bhandari||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url  =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1969||||Nitai Bhandari||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url  =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No  |publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1971||||Barindranath Koley||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url    =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1972||||Aftabuddin Mondal||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url    =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1977||||Barindranath Koley||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1982||||Barindranath Koley||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf  |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1987||||Barindranath Koley||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url  =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1991||||Barindranath Koley||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1996||||Pratyush Mukherjee||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
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|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Pratyush Mukherjee||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Pratyush Mukherjee||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Asit Mitra]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No  |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Asit Mitra||Indian National Congress
|}
 
==Election results==
 
===1951-1972===
Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Barindranath Koley of CPI(M) won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Nitai Bhandari of CPI(M) won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Tarapada Pramanick of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Amta had two seats. Gobinda Charan Maji of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won the Amta East seat. Arabinda Roy of Congress won the Amta West seat. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> 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 [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Pratyush Mukherjee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]  won the Amta assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Ashok Maji of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Prasun Bakuly of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> 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<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Ainuddin Sk. of Congress in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Aftabuddin Mondal of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp175.htm |title =175 - Amta Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010}}</ref>
 
===2011===
In the 2011 election, Asit Mitra of Congress defeated his nearest rival Rabindra Nath Mitra of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]: Amta constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=181|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Amta| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011 }}</ref>}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Asit Mitra
  |votes      = 88,264
  |percentage = 51.82
  |change    = +6.58#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Rabindra Nath Mitra
  |votes      = 74,545
  |percentage = 43.76
  |change    = -8.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Sanat Hazra
  |votes      = 3,781
  |percentage = 2.22
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Ratan Chandra Malick
  |votes      = 1,757
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Asit Sengupta
  |votes      = 1,155
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Dilip Kumar Hait
  |votes      = 835
  |percentage = 0.49
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 170,337
  |percentage = 82.41
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner = Indian National Congress
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing  = 14.57#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.


 
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===2016===
{{R from move}}
In the 2016 election, Asit Mitra of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Tushar Kanti Sil of Trinamool Congress.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election]]: Amta constituency}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Asit Mitra
  |votes      = 89,149
  |percentage = 47.05
  |change    = -4.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Tushar Kanti Sil
  |votes      = 84,645
  |percentage = 44.67
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Suman Sarkar
  |votes      = 11,045
  |percentage = 5.83
  |change    = +3.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
  |votes      = 1,794
  |percentage = 0.95
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Ratan Chandra Malick
  |votes      = 1,379
  |percentage = 0.73
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  |candidate  = Sanjib Santra
  |votes      = 789
  |percentage = 0.42
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Dilip Kumar Hait
  |votes      = 674
  |percentage = 0.36
  |change    = -0.13
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 189,475
  |percentage = 79.86
  |change    = -2.55
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Indian National Congress
  |swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2021===
In the 2021 election, Sukanta Kumar Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Debtanu Bhattacharjee of Bharatiya Janata Party.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Amta constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Sukanta Kumar Paul
  |votes      = 102445
  |percentage = 49.06
  |change    = +2.0
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Debtanu Bhattacharjee
  |votes      = 76240
  |percentage = 36.51
  |change    = +30.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Asit Mitra
  |votes      = 25109
  |percentage = 12.02
  |change    = -32.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
  |votes      = 1302
  |percentage = 0.62
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Ratan Chandra Malick
  |votes      = 1,379
  |percentage = 0.73
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  |candidate  = Sanjib Santra
  |votes      = 1139
  |percentage = 0.55
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Dilip Kumar Hait
  |votes      = 674
  |percentage = 0.36
  |change    = -0.13
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 208810
  |percentage = 79.86
  |change    = -2.55
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
  |loser  = Indian National Congress
  |swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Howrah topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Howrah district]]

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