Constituency
31. Raiganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RAIGANJ
CPM 42.8%won by 13.0%JNP 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.0%.
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 42.8% of the vote here (+11.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 96.9% — 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
45,012
Margin
5,832
12.96%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1KHAGENDRA NATH SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,26442.8%
- 2MEHENDRANATH BARMANJanata Party · JNP13,43229.8%
- 3MANINDRANATH ROYIndian National Congress · INC12,31627.4%
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
- −18.2%
- CPM share
- 31.2% → 42.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —