Constituency
34. Kaliaganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011
WB-KALIAGANJ
INC 47.6%won by 4.1%CPM 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.5% to 47.6% of the vote here (+4.1%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.5% — it did not contest here in 2006.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,02,847
Turnout
87.9%
Valid votes
1,78,324
Margin
7,290
4.09%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1PRAMATHA NATH RAYIndian National Congress · INC84,87347.6%
- 2NANI GOPAL ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM77,58343.5%
- 3BHUPATI ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,5633.7%
- 4HRIDAY CHANDRA SARKARIndependent · IND3,3021.9%
- 5BASUDEB DEBSHARMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4710.8%
- 6HIMANGSHU RAYIndependent · IND1,2510.7%
- 7JAGADISH RAJBHARCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL8940.5%
- 8SUNIL BARMANIndependent · IND8170.5%
- 9KANU ROYIndependent · IND6840.4%
- 10SUSHILA BARMANIndependent · IND4860.3%
- 11RABINDRA NATH BARMANIndependent · IND4000.2%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −39.4%
- INC share
- 43.5% → 47.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → 87.9%