Constituency
45. Malda
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MALDA
CPM 39.5%won by 17.8%JNP 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 17.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
37,692
Margin
6,714
17.81%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPM- 1SUBHENDU CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,89339.5%
- 2BALARAM SAHAJanata Party · JNP8,17921.7%
- 3ANIL SARKARIndian National Congress · INC7,51919.9%
- 4ABHIRAM SARKARCommunist Party of India · CPI4,10210.9%
- 5BASUDEB PALIndependent · IND1,1112.9%
- 6SHIBNPUJAN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND6681.8%
- 7RAMCHANDRA HALDARIndependent · IND4331.1%
- 8NILKAMAL SARKARIndependent · IND4191.1%
- 9BIJOY KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND2770.7%
- 10SUBODH KUMAR MONDALIndependent · IND910.2%
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–JNP swing
- −19.4%
- CPM share
- 37.3% → 39.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- — → —