Constituency
20. Jalpaiguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-JALPAIGURI
FBL 38.5%won by 14.4%JNP 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 14.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- FBL vote shareFBL went from 0.0% to 38.5% of the vote here (+38.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.5% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
44,074
Margin
6,342
14.39%
Candidates
11 contested · winner FBL- 1NIRMAL KUMAR BOSEFBL · FBL16,94938.5%
- 2DEVENDRA MOHAN SARKARJanata Party · JNP10,60724.1%
- 3SAROJIT KUMAR BAGCHIIndian National Congress · INC8,93420.3%
- 4DILIP BHATTACHARYYASUC · SUC2,0404.6%
- 5MONOHAR CHANDRA SARKARIndependent · IND1,8834.3%
- 6PROSANTA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1,6723.8%
- 7HARI SARKARIndependent · IND8091.8%
- 8SATYANDRA MOHAN BAGCHIIndependent · IND4721.1%
- 9SOMBHU NATH MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND3510.8%
- 10JABOR MOHATOIndependent · IND3060.7%
- 11PARESH CHANDRA GUHA ROYIndependent · IND510.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–JNP swing
- +14.4%
- FBL share
- 0.0% → 38.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —