Constituency
16. Nagrakata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-NAGRAKATA
CPM 48.5%won by 24.7%INC 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 24.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 38.6% to 48.5% of the vote here (+9.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
44,158
Margin
10,898
24.68%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1PUNAI ORAONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,40848.5%
- 2HEMRAJ BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC10,51023.8%
- 3BUDHRAM MAHALIJanata Party · JNP8,93220.2%
- 4GANGARAM ORAONIndependent · IND3,3087.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −13.9%
- CPM share
- 38.6% → 48.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- — → —