Constituency
57. Nabagram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-NABAGRAM
CPM 57.1%won by 31.1%JNP 26.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 31.1%.
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 57.1% of the vote here (+57.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 95.4% — 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
52,445
Margin
16,292
31.06%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1BIRENDRA NARAYAN RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM29,95157.1%
- 2DURGAPADA SINHAJanata Party · JNP13,65926.0%
- 3BASUDEB NANDALIndian National Congress · INC7,55614.4%
- 4CHITTA RANJAN MAJUMDARIndependent · IND6291.2%
- 5T. A. NURAN NABIIndependent · IND3520.7%
- 6BAIDYA NATH MANDALIndependent · IND2980.6%
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
- +31.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 57.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.0%
- Turnout
- — → —