Constituency
509. Murshidabad
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MURSHIDABAD
BLD 40.0%won by 10.3%INC 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 10.3%.
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 40.0% of the vote here (+40.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.8% of the vote between them, up from 61.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.3% to 60.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,87,057
Turnout
60.0%
Valid votes
3,51,915
Margin
36,089
10.26%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1SYED KAZIM ALI MEERZABLD · BLD1,40,92740.0%
- 2AZIZUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC1,04,83829.8%
- 3MD. SERAJUL ISLAMIndependent · IND69,69719.8%
- 4SAMSUJJOHA BISWASSUC · SUC28,4808.1%
- 5BARINDRA NATH RAYIndependent · IND4,5961.3%
- 6A.K. HAZIKUL ALAMIndependent · IND3,3771.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +10.3%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 40.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- 54.7% → 60.0%