Constituency
111. Bishnupur West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BISHNUPUR-WEST
CPM 62.7%won by 44.3%INC 18.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.0% to 44.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 97.5% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
55,201
Margin
24,429
44.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1PROVESH CHANDRA RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,62062.7%
- 2MOAUE HAQUE SHAIKIndian National Congress · INC10,19118.5%
- 3JUGAL CHARAN SANTRAJanata Party · JNP10,01118.1%
- 4SAMSUDDIN MISTRYIndependent · IND2670.5%
- 5AMIYA KANTI DASIndependent · IND1120.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +43.2%
- CPM share
- 49.3% → 62.7%
- INC share
- 48.2% → 18.5%
- Turnout
- — → —