Constituency
22. Dhanpur
Community mirrorTripura Assembly Election, 1977
TR-DHANPUR
CPM 48.8%won by 24.6%JNP 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.7% to 24.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
12,798
Margin
3,144
24.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPMSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–JNP swing
- −24.1%
- CPM share
- 48.6% → 48.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —