Constituency
254. Kotulpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KOTULPUR
CPM 50.9%won by 22.3%INC 28.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 27.6% to 50.9% of the vote here (+23.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 96.3% — 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
47,950
Margin
10,698
22.31%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1GUNADHAR CHOUDHARYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,42950.9%
- 2AKSHAY KUMAR KOLEYIndian National Congress · INC13,73128.6%
- 3SANATAN DEYJanata Party · JNP6,64813.9%
- 4ALTAZUDDIN MONDALIndependent · IND1,8093.8%
- 5UMAPADA GHOSHIndependent · IND8011.7%
- 6PANCHANNAN GHOSHIndependent · IND5321.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +63.4%
- CPM share
- 27.6% → 50.9%
- INC share
- 68.7% → 28.6%
- Turnout
- — → —