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541. Katwa

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KATWA

CPM 50.5%won by 11.3%INC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.2% to 11.3%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 84.5%.

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

Electorate
11,14,733
Turnout
84.5%
Valid votes
9,41,801
Margin
1,06,202
11.28%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MAHABOOB ZAHEDICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,75,26450.5%
  2. 2NURUL ISLAMIndian National Congress · INC3,69,06239.2%
  3. 3SHIBA PRASAD ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP77,3388.2%
  4. 4GOPENATH BASKEYJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM9,0781.0%
  5. 5PARESH BANERJEECpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,2770.7%
  6. 6GOPINATH MANDIIndependent · IND1,9620.2%
  7. 7SK. YOUNUSH RAHAMANIndependent · IND1,4640.2%
  8. 8BRAHAMDEO NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,3560.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−39.0%
CPM share
50.2% → 50.5%
INC share
0.0% → 39.2%
Turnout
79.7% → 84.5%
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