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Constituency

280. Katwa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KATWA

INC 50.4%won by 5.3%CPM 45.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.6% to 50.4% of the vote here (+11.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — 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
1,39,859
Margin
7,345
5.25%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+8.7%
INC share
38.6% 50.4%
CPM share
42.1% 45.2%
Turnout