Constituency
126. Kakdwip
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KAKDWIP
CPM 52.7%won by 28.5%INC 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 28.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.5% to 52.7% of the vote here (+12.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% 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
51,117
Margin
14,587
28.54%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1HRISHIKESH MAITYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,94952.7%
- 2BASUDEB SAUTYAIndian National Congress · INC12,36224.2%
- 3BISHNUPADA PRAMANIKJanata Party · JNP11,33122.2%
- 4SATYARANJAN MAITYIndependent · IND3510.7%
- 5KALIPADA PATRAIndependent · IND1240.2%
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
- +47.5%
- CPM share
- 40.5% → 52.7%
- INC share
- 59.5% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —