Constituency
109. Sonarpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SONARPUR
CPM 68.7%won by 49.1%INC 19.6%
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 49.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 42.7% to 68.7% of the vote here (+26.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 19.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.4% between them, down from 98.8% — 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
52,581
Margin
25,809
49.08%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1GANGADHAR NASKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,13868.7%
- 2GOURHARI SARDARIndian National Congress · INC10,32919.6%
- 3ANITA BISWASJanata Party · JNP5,41510.3%
- 4CHANDI CHARAN BISWASIndependent · IND4250.8%
- 5DURGADAS MONDALIndependent · IND1700.3%
- 6DEBEN SARKARIndependent · IND1040.2%
Since 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
- +6.4%
- CPM share
- 42.7% → 68.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 19.6%
- Turnout
- — → —