Constituency
136. Kamarhati
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KAMARHATI
CPM 65.2%won by 46.9%INC 18.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 46.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.5% to 65.2% of the vote here (+21.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 98.8% — 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
59,426
Margin
27,896
46.94%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPMSince 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
- +58.8%
- CPM share
- 43.5% → 65.2%
- INC share
- 55.4% → 18.3%
- Turnout
- — → —