Constituency
25. Siliguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SILIGURI
CPM 46.0%won by 17.4%INC 28.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 17.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 29.9% to 46.0% of the vote here (+16.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% between them, down from 95.3% — 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
54,590
Margin
9,504
17.41%
Candidates
12 contested · winner CPM- 1BIREN BOSECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,09446.0%
- 2ARUN KUMAR MOITRAIndian National Congress · INC15,59028.6%
- 3RABI PAL CHOUDHURYJanata Party · JNP8,05214.7%
- 4GOBINDA CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND3,1075.7%
- 5PRAHLAD CHETTRIIndependent · IND8491.6%
- 6KEDAR NATH PRASADIndependent · IND5601.0%
- 7MONDAL THAKURDASIndependent · IND3230.6%
- 8RANENDRA NATH BARMAIndependent · IND2370.4%
- 9BHATTACHARJEE BIRAJA MOHANIndependent · IND2170.4%
- 10DHAN SINGH ( LAMA ) TAMANGIndependent · IND2100.4%
- 11BHARATRAJ GURUNGIndependent · IND1960.4%
- 12SANTANU CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND1550.3%
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
- +52.9%
- CPM share
- 29.9% → 46.0%
- INC share
- 65.4% → 28.6%
- Turnout
- — → —