Constituency
269. Galsi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-GALSI
FBL 62.3%won by 43.4%INC 18.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 43.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- FBL vote shareFBL went from 0.0% to 62.3% of the vote here (+62.3%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 18.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 96.7% — 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
42,731
Margin
18,538
43.38%
Candidates
5 contested · winner FBL- 1DEBRANJAN SENFBL · FBL26,61362.3%
- 2NIRADENDU KONERIndian National Congress · INC8,07518.9%
- 3SUNIRMAL CATTOPADHYACommunist Party of India · CPI4,98711.7%
- 4MRITYUNIJOY DUTTAJanata Party · JNP2,9937.0%
- 5SUDHIR KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAIndependent · IND630.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +43.4%
- FBL share
- 0.0% → 62.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 18.9%
- Turnout
- — → —