Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Katwa

Zahedi Mahboob (CPM) won by 1,38,707 votes (14.6%).

Electors
11,56,542
Votes polled
9,65,238
Valid votes
Turnout
83.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 14.6% (median 7.6%). Back to West Bengal · 1998 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
14.8%(+3.0%)
Turnout
82.4%(+3.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
87.6%

Winning margin over time · Katwa

19621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200423%

Candidates

Candidates · Katwa 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Zahedi MahboobWinnerCPM4,70,54349.5%
2Swapan DebnathWBTC3,31,83634.9%
3Chowdhury SiddiqullahINC1,35,67214.3%
4Kartick PalCPI(ML)(L)7,8900.8%
5Gopinath MandiBSP3,7150.4%
6Lutphar RahamanJMM1,5690.2%

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