Constituency
540. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KATWA
INC 49.9%won by 3.3%CPM 46.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.4% to 49.9% of the vote here (+11.6%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.1% to 62.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,75,293
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
3,60,300
Margin
11,880
3.30%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DHIRENDRA NATH BASUIndian National Congress · INC1,79,92749.9%
- 2SYED MANSUR HABIBULLAHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,68,04746.6%
- 3KRISHNADAS CHATOPADHYAYIndependent · IND12,3263.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +21.8%
- INC share
- 38.4% → 49.9%
- CPM share
- 56.9% → 46.6%
- Turnout
- 69.7% → 62.6%