Constituency
112. Behala East
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BEHALA-EAST
CPM 65.7%won by 46.8%INC 19.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 46.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 39.3% to 65.7% of the vote here (+26.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% 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
56,691
Margin
26,511
46.76%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1NIRANJAN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,25665.7%
- 2INDRAJIT MAJUMDARIndian National Congress · INC10,74519.0%
- 3SUBIR CHAUDHURYJanata Party · JNP7,14612.6%
- 4AMITAVA GANGULYSUC · SUC1,2712.2%
- 5GANESH CHANDRA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1880.3%
- 6REBA SENIndependent · IND850.1%
Since 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
- +68.2%
- CPM share
- 39.3% → 65.7%
- INC share
- 60.7% → 19.0%
- Turnout
- — → —