Constituency
37. Kumarganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KUMARGANJ
CPM 42.0%won by 8.7%INC 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 8.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
59,834
Margin
5,211
8.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1JAMINI KISORE MOJUMDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,12342.0%
- 2KHALIL SAYEDIndian National Congress · INC19,91233.3%
- 3MAHARAJA BOSEJanata Party · JNP14,49024.2%
- 4MIA LOKSER ALIIndependent · IND3090.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +27.9%
- CPM share
- 40.4% → 42.0%
- INC share
- 59.6% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —