Constituency
116. Budge Budge
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BUDGE-BUDGE
CPM 65.3%won by 53.7%INC 11.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.1% to 53.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 11.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% 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
49,490
Margin
26,578
53.70%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1KHITIBHUSAN BURMONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,29765.3%
- 2BIPULANANDA GUHA ROYIndian National Congress · INC5,71911.6%
- 3DINESH ROYJanata Party · JNP4,3508.8%
- 4MAFIJADDIN MALLICKIndependent · IND3,8187.7%
- 5SAD IMANI BEGCommunist Party of India · CPI2,9676.0%
- 6NIMAI CHAND KHANRAIndependent · IND3390.7%
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
- −7.8%
- CPM share
- 61.6% → 65.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 11.6%
- Turnout
- — → —