Constituency
63. Berhampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BERHAMPORE
RSP 61.3%won by 35.2%INC 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 35.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 31.8% to 61.3% of the vote here (+29.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.5% 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
56,796
Margin
19,967
35.16%
Candidates
6 contested · winner RSP- 1DEBABRATA BANDOPADHYAYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP34,84361.3%
- 2SUBRATA SAHAIndian National Congress · INC14,87626.2%
- 3UMANATH SINHAJanata Party · JNP4,3927.7%
- 4PRAN RANJAN CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND9641.7%
- 5SAMARENDRA NAGIndependent · IND9231.6%
- 6JANARDAN GHOSHIndependent · IND7981.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- RSPflipped
- RSP–INC swing
- +71.6%
- RSP share
- 31.8% → 61.3%
- INC share
- 68.2% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —