Constituency
287. Rajnagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RAJNAGAR
FBL 48.2%won by 29.0%INC 19.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 29.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatFBL won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
36,953
Margin
10,713
28.99%
Candidates
6 contested · winner FBL- 1SIDDHESWAR MANDALFBL · FBL17,82348.2%
- 2JITEN KUMAR MONDALIndian National Congress · INC7,11019.2%
- 3GOPAL BAURIJanata Party · JNP5,93416.1%
- 4NABAGOPAL BAURIIndependent · IND4,04010.9%
- 5PRAHLAD CHANDRA SAHAIndependent · IND1,1583.1%
- 6BHUPEN DASSUC · SUC8882.4%
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–INC swing
- +34.5%
- FBL share
- 47.3% → 48.2%
- INC share
- 52.7% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- — → —