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Constituency

35. Gangarampur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-GANGARAMPUR

CPM 35.7%won by 5.9%INC 29.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 28.3% to 35.7% of the vote here (+7.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 98.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,216
Margin
3,075
5.89%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+48.1%
CPM share
28.3% 35.7%
INC share
70.5% 29.8%
Turnout