Constituency
56. Bhagabangola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BHAGABANGOLA
IND 32.2%won by 9.1%CPM 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 9.1%.
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 32.2% of the vote here (+32.2%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.3% between them, down from 78.3% — 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
44,331
Margin
4,021
9.07%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1KAZI HAFIZUR RAHAMANIndependent · IND14,26632.2%
- 2SHEIKH KAZIMUDDIN AHMADCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,24523.1%
- 3SAILENDRA NATH ADHIKARYJanata Party · JNP8,95220.2%
- 4MOHAMMAD DEDAR BAKSHIndian National Congress · INC4,54410.3%
- 5PRASANTA KUMAR SAHASUC · SUC4,42310.0%
- 6AMIRCHAND MANDALIndependent · IND1,1292.5%
- 7PRAN KUMAR DASIndependent · IND4761.1%
- 8MANDAL RAHIM AMINMUL · MUL2960.7%
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–CPM swing
- +9.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —