Constituency
78. Santipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SANTIPUR
RCI 55.7%won by 27.7%JNP 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to RCI (RCI), which now leads by 27.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RCI vote shareRCI went from 40.6% to 55.7% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% 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
51,244
Margin
14,182
27.68%
Candidates
6 contested · winner RCI- 1BIMALANANDA MUKHERJEERCI · RCI28,55355.7%
- 2JNANENDRA NATH PRAMANIKJanata Party · JNP14,37128.0%
- 3PULAK GOSWAMIIndian National Congress · INC6,56912.8%
- 4NIRAPADA BASAKIndependent · IND8531.7%
- 5CHINTAHARAN GOSWAMIIndependent · IND7301.4%
- 6KRISHNENDU BISWASIndependent · IND1680.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- RCIflipped
- RCI–JNP swing
- −12.9%
- RCI share
- 40.6% → 55.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —