Constituency
29. Goalpokhar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-GOALPOKHAR
IND 38.4%won by 28.6%IND 9.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 28.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 38.4% of the vote here (+38.4%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 9.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.3% between them, down from 90.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
37,367
Margin
10,696
28.62%
Candidates
17 contested · winner IND- 1RAMJAN ALIIndependent · IND14,36338.4%
- 2PURAN CHAND MEHESWARIIndependent · IND3,6679.8%
- 3NANI GOPAL BISWASIndependent · IND3,1438.4%
- 4MD. NAZIR AHSENIndependent · IND3,0808.2%
- 5BABURAM SARDARIndependent · IND2,9848.0%
- 6SHEIKH SHARAFAT HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC2,3376.3%
- 7MD. SALIMUDDINJanata Party · JNP2,2906.1%
- 8FAZIR MOHAMMADFBL · FBL9542.6%
- 9ATIUR RAHAMANIndependent · IND7762.1%
- 10GOLAM MOHIUDDINIndependent · IND6671.8%
- 11NAZIR AHMEDIndependent · IND6381.7%
- 12AHRAR BURQUEIndependent · IND5571.5%
- 13MD. QURBAN ALIIndependent · IND5221.4%
- 14ISMAILIndependent · IND4411.2%
- 15HARI PRASAD GHOSEIndependent · IND4111.1%
- 16NURUL HUDAIndependent · IND2700.7%
- 17ENAMUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2670.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–IND swing
- 0.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- — → —