Constituency
36. Tapan
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-TAPAN
RSP 62.8%won by 37.3%INC 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 37.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 41.2% to 62.8% of the vote here (+21.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 99.2% — 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
51,982
Margin
19,402
37.32%
Candidates
4 contested · winner RSP- 1NATHENIEL MURMURashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP32,66062.8%
- 2SEBASTIAM TUDUIndian National Congress · INC13,25825.5%
- 3HAKAI MARDIJanata Party · JNP5,83611.2%
- 4ALPHASE KERKETAIndependent · IND2280.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- RSPflipped
- RSP–INC swing
- +54.1%
- RSP share
- 41.2% → 62.8%
- INC share
- 58.0% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —