Constituency
32. Kaliaganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KALIAGANJ
INC 39.1%won by 1.4%CPM 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.1% to 1.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 29.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 95.7% — 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
40,366
Margin
550
1.36%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1NABA KUMAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC15,77739.1%
- 2NANI GOPAL ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM15,22737.7%
- 3JATINDRANATH PRAMANIKJanata Party · JNP9,15422.7%
- 4HEMANTA KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND2080.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −39.7%
- INC share
- 68.4% → 39.1%
- CPM share
- 27.3% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —