Constituency
95. Basirhat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BASIRHAT
CPM 46.8%won by 25.0%INC 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 25.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.1% to 46.8% of the vote here (+9.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.5% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
56,546
Margin
14,135
25.00%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1NARAYAN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,44746.8%
- 2DEBI PRASAD NANDAIndian National Congress · INC12,31221.8%
- 3HIMANSHU HALDERJanata Party · JNP11,81120.9%
- 4ABDUR RAHMANMUL · MUL4,6528.2%
- 5RUSTAMIndependent · IND4240.7%
- 6KISHORI MOHAN DEYIndependent · IND3650.6%
- 7SHYAMAL CHANDAIndependent · IND2820.5%
- 8SUNITI KUMAR DASIndependent · IND2530.4%
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
- +50.9%
- CPM share
- 37.1% → 46.8%
- INC share
- 62.9% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —