Constituency
38. Balurghat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BALURGHAT
RSP 53.2%won by 29.2%INC 24.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 29.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 44.0% to 53.2% of the vote here (+9.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.2% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
55,050
Margin
16,089
29.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner RSP- 1BISWANATH CHOUDHAURIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP29,29253.2%
- 2JYOTISWAR SARKARIndian National Congress · INC13,20324.0%
- 3BISWA RANJAN SENGUPTAJanata Party · JNP12,30722.4%
- 4NARESH CHANDRA MAHATOIndependent · IND2480.5%
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
- +39.3%
- RSP share
- 44.0% → 53.2%
- INC share
- 54.1% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —