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519. Katwa

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-KATWA

CPM 50.2%won by 19.2%IND 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.6% to 19.2%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.0% — it polled just 1.2% in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 91.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 79.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
10,10,077
Turnout
79.7%
Valid votes
8,04,848
Margin
1,54,724
19.22%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SAIFUDDIN CHOWDHRYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,04,35850.2%
  2. 2NURUL ISLAMIndependent · IND2,49,63431.0%
  3. 3SHANTI ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,26,87315.8%
  4. 4GOPINATH MANDIIndependent · IND7,4900.9%
  5. 5MRITYUNJOY RAKSHITIndependent · IND6,8700.9%
  6. 6GOPINATH BASKEYJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6,4510.8%
  7. 7NALINI HALDAR (W)Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,1720.4%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−32.0%
CPM share
52.4% → 50.2%
IND share
1.2% → 31.0%
Turnout
82.4% → 79.7%
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