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541. Katwa

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-KATWA

CPM 50.3%won by 11.8%AITC 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.6% to 11.8%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.7% to 77.6%.

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

Electorate
11,83,616
Turnout
77.6%
Valid votes
9,18,349
Margin
1,08,362
11.80%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1Mahboob ZahediCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,61,50250.3%
  2. 2Amal Kumar DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC3,53,14038.5%
  3. 3Tuhin SamantaIndian National Congress · INC91,2049.9%
  4. 4Salil DuttaCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL8,1940.9%
  5. 5Ranu GoldarBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8310.3%
  6. 6Ajoy MondalIndependent · IND1,4780.2%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−37.7%
CPM share
49.5% → 50.3%
AITC share
0.0% → 38.5%
Turnout
82.3% → 77.6%
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