Constituency
34. Itahar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-ITAHAR
INC 51.9%won by 20.1%CPM 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 56.4% to 20.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,581
Margin
10,363
20.09%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1ZAIMAL ABEDINIndian National Congress · INC26,74751.9%
- 2SALIL KUMAR GUHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,38431.8%
- 3ABDUL LATIFJanata Party · JNP6,59812.8%
- 4DOST MOHAMMADIndependent · IND7891.5%
- 5JITENDRA NATH SARKARIndependent · IND7531.5%
- 6MOSLEMUDDINIndependent · IND3100.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −36.3%
- INC share
- 78.2% → 51.9%
- CPM share
- 21.8% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —