Constituency
501. Cooch Behar
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-COOCH-BEHAR
FBL 64.7%won by 29.4%INC 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 29.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- FBL vote shareFBL went from 22.2% to 64.7% of the vote here (+42.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 66.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,70,556
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
3,50,184
Margin
1,02,858
29.37%
Candidates
2 contested · winner FBL- 1AMRENDRANATH ROY PRADHANFBL · FBL2,26,52164.7%
- 2BENOY KRISHNA DASCHOWDHURYIndian National Congress · INC1,23,66335.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +50.6%
- FBL share
- 22.2% → 64.7%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- 61.5% → 61.4%