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Constituency

280. Katwa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-KATWA

CPM 53.3%won by 10.2%INC 43.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.0% to 10.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 82.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
83,909
Margin
8,566
10.21%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−33.3%
CPM share
61.2% 53.3%
INC share
17.7% 43.1%
Turnout