Constituency
85. Bongaon
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BONGAON
CPM 47.1%won by 15.6%INC 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.3% to 47.1% of the vote here (+11.8%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% 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
59,007
Margin
9,201
15.59%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPMSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −19.7%
- CPM share
- 35.3% → 47.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —