Constituency
505. Raiganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAIGANJ
BLD 56.1%won by 19.9%INC 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 19.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 56.1% of the vote here (+56.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 59.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,63,672
Turnout
59.7%
Valid votes
3,36,476
Margin
67,124
19.95%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1MD. HAYAT ALIBLD · BLD1,88,69456.1%
- 2ABEDIN ANOWARULIndian National Congress · INC1,21,57036.1%
- 3NISHITHA NATH KUNDUIndependent · IND26,2127.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +69.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 56.1%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- 52.3% → 59.7%