Constituency
46. Englishbazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-ENGLISHBAZAR
CPM 31.6%won by 0.6%JNP 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.6% between them, down from 86.2% — 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
43,888
Margin
250
0.57%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1SAILEN SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,85131.6%
- 2HARI PRASANNA MISRAJanata Party · JNP13,60131.0%
- 3BIMAL DASCommunist Party of India · CPI7,99318.2%
- 4ASIT BASUIndian National Congress · INC4,98811.4%
- 5MANNAN SHEIKHIndependent · IND2,8536.5%
- 6SHAIKH AYUBIndependent · IND2310.5%
- 7ARUN MONDALIndependent · IND1490.3%
- 8NARENDRA NATH MONDALIndependent · IND1250.3%
- 9MADAN MOHAN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND970.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −30.7%
- CPM share
- 31.2% → 31.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —