Constituency
270. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011
WB-KATWA
INC 52.5%won by 14.8%CPM 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 14.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 2006.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,12,236
Turnout
87.9%
Valid votes
1,86,478
Margin
27,525
14.76%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1RABINDRANATH CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC97,95152.5%
- 2SUDIPTA BAGCHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM70,42637.8%
- 3ANIL DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,0363.8%
- 4MOHAMMAD NASIRUDDINPDCI · PDCI3,5121.9%
- 5APURBA CHAKRABORTYSUCI · SUCI2,1251.1%
- 6CHANDRA CHUR SARKARIndependent · IND1,9601.1%
- 7RANU GOLDARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8261.0%
- 8KISHORE KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND1,6420.9%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −33.6%
- INC share
- 48.4% → 52.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- — → 87.9%