Constituency
21. Rajganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RAJGANJ
CPM 49.8%won by 19.0%JNP 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 19.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 31.2% to 49.8% of the vote here (+18.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.6% between them, down from 90.5% — 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
38,539
Margin
7,329
19.02%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1DHIRENDRA NATH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,19549.8%
- 2MONOMOHAN ROYJanata Party · JNP11,86630.8%
- 3MANULAL SINGH ROYIndian National Congress · INC5,35313.9%
- 4BIRENDRA DASIndependent · IND1,9635.1%
- 5KIRAN CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND1620.4%
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–JNP swing
- −12.2%
- CPM share
- 31.2% → 49.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —