Constituency
69. Karimpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KARIMPUR
CPM 43.4%won by 21.3%INC 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 21.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.5% to 43.4% of the vote here (+7.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 96.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
55,134
Margin
11,758
21.33%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1SAMARENDRA NATH SANYALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,90543.4%
- 2ARABINDRA MANDALIndian National Congress · INC12,14722.0%
- 3NARESH NARAYAN BISWASJanata Party · JNP8,76915.9%
- 4NALINAKSHA SANYALIndependent · IND4,2087.6%
- 5SUDHANSU SEKHAR BISWASIndependent · IND3,3486.1%
- 6MONDAL HAZI ABUZAR GHAFFARIMUL · MUL2,7575.0%
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
- +46.9%
- CPM share
- 35.5% → 43.4%
- INC share
- 61.0% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —