Constituency
268. Bhatar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BHATAR
INC 56.5%won by 16.8%FBL 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.3% to 16.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerFBL (FBL) finished second with 39.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
51,880
Margin
8,737
16.84%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BHOLANATH SENIndian National Congress · INC29,32456.5%
- 2SAKTIPADA CHATTOPADHYAFBL · FBL20,58739.7%
- 3PROVAT BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP1,9693.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–FBL swing
- −55.8%
- INC share
- 72.7% → 56.5%
- FBL share
- 0.0% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- — → —