Constituency
113. Behala West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BEHALA-WEST
CPM 62.6%won by 38.0%INC 24.7%
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 38.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 48.5% to 62.6% of the vote here (+14.2%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.3% 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
59,163
Margin
22,453
37.95%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPMSince 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
- −10.5%
- CPM share
- 48.5% → 62.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —