Constituency
86. Gaighata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-GAIGHATA
CPM 49.2%won by 12.2%INC 37.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 12.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 33.7% to 49.2% of the vote here (+15.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.3% 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
66,293
Margin
8,058
12.16%
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
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +44.8%
- CPM share
- 33.7% → 49.2%
- INC share
- 66.3% → 37.1%
- Turnout
- — → —