Constituency
147. Kabitirtha
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KABITIRTHA
FBL 51.7%won by 23.6%INC 28.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 23.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.8% between them, down from 99.1% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
54,757
Margin
12,908
23.57%
Candidates
7 contested · winner FBL- 1KALIMUDDIN SHAMSFBL · FBL28,31151.7%
- 2RAM PYARE RAMIndian National Congress · INC15,40328.1%
- 3NOOR AHAMMEDJanata Party · JNP10,24418.7%
- 4SHANTI ROYIndependent · IND3060.6%
- 5MOHAN LAL AGARWALLIndependent · IND2020.4%
- 6SACHIN NAGIndependent · IND1700.3%
- 7SUKHA RANJAN DASIndependent · IND1210.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +25.1%
- FBL share
- 48.8% → 51.7%
- INC share
- 50.3% → 28.1%
- Turnout
- — → —