Constituency
79. Hanskhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HANSKHALI
CPM 44.8%won by 10.1%INC 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 10.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 31.5% to 44.8% of the vote here (+13.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% 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
57,688
Margin
5,801
10.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SUKUMAR MONDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,86144.8%
- 2ANANDA MOHAN BISWASIndian National Congress · INC20,06034.8%
- 3SUKDEB BAGCHIJanata Party · JNP10,85518.8%
- 4NIKHIL RANJAN BISWASIndependent · IND9121.6%
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
- +47.0%
- CPM share
- 31.5% → 44.8%
- INC share
- 68.5% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —