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Constituency

280. Katwa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-KATWA

CPM 42.1%won by 3.5%INC 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.7% to 3.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.7% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,16,966
Margin
4,043
3.46%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−7.2%
CPM share
54.2% 42.1%
INC share
43.5% 38.6%
Turnout