Constituency

73. Chapra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-CHAPRA

CPM 60.5%won by 35.6%JNP 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 35.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.6% to 60.5% of the vote here (+24.9%).
New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.4% between them, down from 96.0% — 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

54,920

Margin

19,529

35.56%

3 contested · winner CPM

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.