Constituency
15. Dhupguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-DHUPGURI
CPM 30.4%won by 5.5%INC 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 30.4% of the vote here (+30.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 92.4% — 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
35,792
Margin
1,976
5.52%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1BANAMALI ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,87030.4%
- 2JAGADANANDA ROYIndian National Congress · INC8,89424.8%
- 3HIRALAL SINGHAJanata Party · JNP6,14617.2%
- 4JAJNESWAR ROYIndependent · IND4,73813.2%
- 5GUNODHAR BARMAIndependent · IND3,3819.4%
- 6KESHAB CHANDRA CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND1,5274.3%
- 7HARIPADA ROYIndependent · IND1420.4%
- 8SATISH CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND940.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +62.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —