Constituency
76. Krishnagar West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KRISHNAGAR-WEST
CPM 60.0%won by 43.7%JNP 16.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 43.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 36.6% to 60.0% of the vote here (+23.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 16.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.3% 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
43,839
Margin
19,171
43.73%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1AMRITENDU MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,31160.0%
- 2MOHADEB BHATTACHARYAJanata Party · JNP7,14016.3%
- 3SIBDAS MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC6,16214.1%
- 4SACHINDRANATH GHOSHIndependent · IND2,7456.3%
- 5CHITTARANJAN KHANIndependent · IND1,0512.4%
- 6MIR KHAJAMALMUL · MUL4301.0%
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–JNP swing
- +7.1%
- CPM share
- 36.6% → 60.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 16.3%
- Turnout
- — → —