Constituency
120. Magrahat West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MAGRAHAT-WEST
CPM 65.9%won by 39.0%INC 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 39.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.9% to 65.9% of the vote here (+20.0%).
- 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
53,669
Margin
20,936
39.01%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1CHHOBHAN GAZICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,34865.9%
- 2SUDHENDU MUNDLEIndian National Congress · INC14,41226.9%
- 3NAZRUL ISLAM SAFUIJanata Party · JNP3,3056.2%
- 4SUBHAS GHOSHIndependent · IND3050.6%
- 5NURUL HAQUE NASKARMUL · MUL2990.6%
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
- +44.8%
- CPM share
- 45.9% → 65.9%
- INC share
- 51.7% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —