Constituency
88. Ashokenagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-ASHOKENAGAR
CPM 58.1%won by 23.8%IND 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 23.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.2% to 58.1% of the vote here (+22.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
58,020
Margin
13,815
23.81%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1NANI KARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,70258.1%
- 2KESHAB CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND19,88734.3%
- 3KHITISH CHANDRA BISWASIndependent · IND4,2457.3%
- 4HRIDAY RANJAN DASIndependent · IND1860.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- +31.2%
- CPM share
- 35.2% → 58.1%
- IND share
- 42.6% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —