Constituency
236. Arsa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-ARSA
FBL 48.4%won by 29.9%JNP 18.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 29.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% 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
47,093
Margin
14,078
29.89%
Candidates
8 contested · winner FBL- 1DAMAN CHANDRA KUIRYFBL · FBL22,80048.4%
- 2TILAKESHWAR MAJHIJanata Party · JNP8,72218.5%
- 3NITAI DESHMUKHIndian National Congress · INC7,07915.0%
- 4SADHU BANERJEESUC · SUC6,44013.7%
- 5HARIPADA MAHATOIndependent · IND8641.8%
- 6SARAT KUMAR CHAKRABARTYIndependent · IND6631.4%
- 7MAJHI KISTAIndependent · IND4701.0%
- 8KARUNA BIDHAN ROYIndependent · IND550.1%
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–JNP swing
- −19.7%
- FBL share
- 49.6% → 48.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.5%
- Turnout
- — → —