Constituency
43. Ratua
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RATUA
CPM 45.3%won by 9.9%INC 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 98.2% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
38,948
Margin
3,840
9.86%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1MOHAMMAD ALICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,64845.3%
- 2NIREN CHANDRA SINHAIndian National Congress · INC13,80835.5%
- 3MD. ABDUL MANNANJanata Party · JNP5,69314.6%
- 4DWARIK NATH SAHAIndependent · IND8092.1%
- 5ORAON BIRSARAM NONDALIndependent · IND4831.2%
- 6MOHAMMAD NABED ALIIndependent · IND2890.7%
- 7JAGANNATH PROSAD SAHAIndependent · IND1580.4%
- 8HARERAM SINGHAIndependent · IND600.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +17.4%
- CPM share
- 45.3% → 45.3%
- INC share
- 52.8% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —