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Elections 98

State: West Bengal
Constituency: Katwa
Total Votes Polled: 965238
Winner: CPM Zahedi Mahboob 470543
Runner Up: WBTC Swapan Debnath 331836
Margin: 138707 (29%)


Elections 96

State: West Bengal
Constituency: Katwa
Total Votes Polled: 960916
Winner: CPM Mahaboob Zahedi 475264
Runner Up: INC Nurul Islam 369062
Margin: 106202 (11.28%)


Saifuddin Chowdhury -- the engaging and earnest Marxist -- won this seat for the CPI-M from 1980 to 1991, four times in a row. In 1996, the CPI-M's Mahaboob Zahedi held onto the seat, defeating the Congress's Nurul Islam by 1,06,000 votes.

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