Constituency
516. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KATWA
CPM 56.9%won by 18.5%INC 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 18.5%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 46.4% to 56.9% of the vote here (+10.5%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 69.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,30,377
Turnout
69.7%
Valid votes
3,69,737
Margin
68,487
18.52%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SAROJ MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,10,42256.9%
- 2DWAIPAYAN SENIndian National Congress · INC1,41,93538.4%
- 3ROY BHAKTA CHANDRANCO · NCO17,3804.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +21.9%
- CPM share
- 46.4% → 56.9%
- INC share
- 49.8% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- 66.6% → 69.7%