Constituency
53. Sagardighi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SAGARDIGHI
CPM 35.6%won by 2.9%INC 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 2.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 35.6% of the vote here (+35.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 93.6% — 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
32,043
Margin
917
2.86%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1HAZARI BISWASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,39435.6%
- 2ATUL CHANDRA SARKARIndian National Congress · INC10,47732.7%
- 3JOY CHAND DASIndependent · IND5,43517.0%
- 4RAMENDRA BISWASJanata Party · JNP3,71611.6%
- 5ASWINI KUMAR MAHALDARIndependent · IND8952.8%
- 6DWIJAPADA SARKARIndependent · IND1260.4%
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
- +59.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- INC share
- 56.7% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —