Constituency
514. Basirhat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BASIRHAT
BLD 49.3%won by 3.6%INC 45.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 3.6%.
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 49.3% of the vote here (+49.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,83,782
Turnout
58.6%
Valid votes
3,42,228
Margin
12,186
3.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1ALHAJ M.A. HANNANBLD · BLD1,68,64449.3%
- 2A.K.M. ISHAQUEIndian National Congress · INC1,56,45845.7%
- 3JAHANGIR KABIRIndependent · IND9,5432.8%
- 4A.K.M. HASSAN UZZAMANIndependent · IND7,5832.2%
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
- +44.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 49.3%
- INC share
- 41.3% → 45.7%
- Turnout
- 58.0% → 58.6%