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Constituency

136. Kamarhati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-KAMARHATI

CPM 65.2%won by 46.9%INC 18.3%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
59,426
Margin
27,896
46.94%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+58.8%
CPM share
43.5% 65.2%
INC share
55.4% 18.3%
Turnout