KATWA
Constituency no. 40 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called KATWA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2004
Mahboob Zahedi
CPM
Elections held
12
1962–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 12
Margin, 2004
1,43,349
14.84% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
AITCAhmed Sultan
- Votes
- 3,51,367
- Vote share
- 36.36%
- Behind by
- 1,43,349
Electors
11,69,525
Total votes polled
9,66,263
Valid votes
9,66,263
NOTA votes
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Turnout
82.6%
Full result, 2004
12 candidates · 9,66,263 valid votes
Mahboob ZahediCPMwon
4,94,716
51.2%
Ahmed SultanAITC
3,51,367
36.4%
Saifuddin ChoudhuryPDS
60,693
6.3%
Hossain AmjadIND
14,685
1.5%
Susil SarkarBSP
10,323
1.1%
Shyamsundar DasIND
8,857
0.9%
Salil DuttaCPI(ML)(L)
6,290
0.7%
Swapan BhattacharyaSHS
5,442
0.6%
Rina MondalIND
3,907
0.4%
Kailash SharmaSP
3,541
0.4%
Mohammad ZakariaIND
3,362
0.3%
Bablu Chandra DasIND
3,080
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mahboob Zahedi | CPM | 4,94,716 | 51.20% | Ahmed Sultan | 1,43,349 |
| 1999 | Mahboob Zahedi | CPM | 4,61,502 | 50.25% | Amal Kumar Dutta | 1,08,362 |
| 1998 | ZAHEDI MAHBOOB | CPM | 4,70,543 | 49.47% | SWAPAN DEBNATH | 1,38,707 |
| 1996 | MAHABOOB ZAHEDI | CPM | 4,75,264 | 50.46% | NURUL ISLAM | 1,06,202 |
| 1991 | SAIFUDDIN CHOWDHRY | CPM | 4,04,358 | 50.24% | NURUL ISLAM | 1,54,724 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above