Constituency
519. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KATWA
INC 49.8%won by 3.4%CPM 46.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.4% to 49.8% of the vote here (+6.4%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 46.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.0% to 66.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,85,894
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
3,23,692
Margin
10,955
3.38%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1D. SENIndian National Congress · INC1,61,27449.8%
- 2S. K. MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,50,31946.4%
- 3J. C. MOITRAIndependent · IND12,0993.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −40.0%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 49.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 46.4%
- Turnout
- 51.7% → 66.6%