Constituency
280. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KATWA
CPM 61.2%won by 40.0%JNP 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 40.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 39.6% to 61.2% of the vote here (+21.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
59,342
Margin
23,734
40.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1HARAMOHAN SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,29061.2%
- 2NITYANANDA THAKURJanata Party · JNP12,55621.2%
- 3SUBRATA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC10,49617.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- +0.4%
- CPM share
- 39.6% → 61.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- — → —