Constituency
49. Kaliachak
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KALIACHAK
INC 45.2%won by 1.0%JNP 44.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 1.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- 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
64,273
Margin
646
1.01%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SAMSUDDIN AHMMADIndian National Congress · INC29,06945.2%
- 2PROMODE RANJAN BASUJanata Party · JNP28,42344.2%
- 3DOUD HOSSAINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,78110.6%
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–JNP swing
- −42.4%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 45.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.2%
- Turnout
- — → —