Constituency
42. Harishchandrapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HARISHCHANDRAPUR
JNP 44.9%won by 4.9%WPI 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 4.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 44.9% of the vote here (+44.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.9% between them, down from 97.1% — 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
55,426
Margin
2,689
4.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1BIRENDRA KUMAR MAITRAJanata Party · JNP24,88344.9%
- 2MOHAMMAD ELIAS RAZIWPI · WPI22,19440.0%
- 3GAUTAM CHAKRAVARTTYIndian National Congress · INC7,80314.1%
- 4MANINDRA NATH DASIndependent · IND5461.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–WPI swing
- +51.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- WPI share
- 46.3% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- — → —