Constituency
280. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2006
WB-KATWA
INC 48.4%won by 3.4%CPIM 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.5% to 3.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 45.0% — it did not contest here in 2001.
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
1,58,670
Margin
5,405
3.41%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC76,80648.4%
- 2SUDIPTA BAGCHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM71,40145.0%
- 3BIPUL DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0233.8%
- 4APURBA CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND4,4402.8%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPIM swing
- −50.1%
- INC share
- 53.5% → 48.4%
- CPIM share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- — → —