Constituency
90. Barasat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BARASAT
FBL 55.9%won by 35.5%INC 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 35.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- FBL vote shareFBL went from 40.3% to 55.9% of the vote here (+15.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.3% between them, down from 98.5% — 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
56,221
Margin
19,979
35.54%
Candidates
6 contested · winner FBL- 1SARAL DEBFBL · FBL31,44455.9%
- 2KANTI RANJAN CHATOPADHYAYAIndian National Congress · INC11,46520.4%
- 3MONI LAL MUKHERJEEJanata Party · JNP10,18818.1%
- 4MUSTAQUE AHMEDMUL · MUL1,8343.3%
- 5MINTU BISWASIndependent · IND1,0111.8%
- 6PARIMAL CHANDRA MAJUMDARIndependent · IND2790.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +53.5%
- FBL share
- 40.3% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 58.2% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- — → —