Constituency
266. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-KATWA
CPM 54.7%won by 13.2%INC 41.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.2%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 47.2% to 54.7% of the vote here (+7.4%).
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,562
Margin
6,666
13.18%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1HARAMOHAN SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,65654.7%
- 2SUBRATA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC20,99041.5%
- 3TARAPADA BANDYOPADHYAYNCO · NCO1,9163.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +17.3%
- CPM share
- 47.2% → 54.7%
- INC share
- 51.4% → 41.5%
- Turnout
- — → —