Constituency
59. Jalangi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-JALANGI
CPM 42.7%won by 15.7%IND 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 82.6% — 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
58,988
Margin
9,261
15.70%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1ATAHAR RAHAMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,15942.7%
- 2RANJIT KUMAR HALDARIndependent · IND15,89827.0%
- 3A. K. M. MUSHAJanata Party · JNP8,74514.8%
- 4ABDUL BARI BISWASIndian National Congress · INC7,99213.5%
- 5ARUN CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND7141.2%
- 6ABDUL RASHID MONDALMUL · MUL4800.8%
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–IND swing
- −24.4%
- CPM share
- 40.1% → 42.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —