Constituency
280. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-KATWA
CPM 54.2%won by 10.7%INC 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 10.2% to 10.7%.
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
98,262
Margin
10,492
10.68%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ANJAN CHATTERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,23354.2%
- 2RABINDRA NATH CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC42,74143.5%
- 3HARA GOPAL GHOSHLKD · LKD1,5381.6%
- 4AJIT CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND7500.8%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +0.5%
- CPM share
- 53.3% → 54.2%
- INC share
- 43.1% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → —