Constituency
257. Kulti
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KULTI
MFB 34.3%won by 1.0%INC 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to MFB (MFB), which now leads by 1.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- MFB vote shareMFB went from 0.0% to 34.3% of the vote here (+34.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 89.9% — 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
36,418
Margin
376
1.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner MFB- 1MADHU BANERJEEMFB · MFB12,49234.3%
- 2GHATAK SIBDASIndian National Congress · INC12,11633.3%
- 3RAMDAS BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP5,79615.9%
- 4NITISH SETTCommunist Party of India · CPI4,42912.2%
- 5HIRALAL PODDARIndependent · IND1,0512.9%
- 6MADHAB KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND5341.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- MFBflipped
- MFB–INC swing
- +60.5%
- MFB share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- INC share
- 59.5% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —