Constituency
527. Katwa
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-KATWA
CPM 60.0%won by 22.6%INCI 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 46.6% to 60.0% of the vote here (+13.3%).
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 37.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.6% to 75.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,13,420
Turnout
75.3%
Valid votes
5,37,056
Margin
1,21,160
22.56%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SAIFUDDIN CHWDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,22,08060.0%
- 2DHIRENDRA NATH BASUINCI · INCI2,00,92037.4%
- 3LAKSHMINARAYAN REJINCU · INCU14,0562.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INCI swing
- −24.1%
- CPM share
- 46.6% → 60.0%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- 62.6% → 75.3%