Constituency
26. Phansidewa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-PHANSIDEWA
CPM 41.9%won by 15.0%JNP 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.7% to 41.9% of the vote here (+4.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% 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
49,692
Margin
7,465
15.02%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1PATRAS MINZCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,81941.9%
- 2CHACKO TARESA SORENGJanata Party · JNP13,35426.9%
- 3ISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEYIndian National Congress · INC11,96924.1%
- 4BESRA RAMESHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,5507.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −22.7%
- CPM share
- 37.7% → 41.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —