Constituency
97. Haroa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HAROA
CPM 58.5%won by 38.0%JNP 20.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 38.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.8% to 58.5% of the vote here (+12.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.0% 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
41,542
Margin
15,790
38.01%
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–JNP swing
- −7.8%
- CPM share
- 45.8% → 58.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 20.5%
- Turnout
- — → —