Constituency
127. Sagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SAGAR
CPM 48.6%won by 25.5%JNP 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.7% to 25.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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
53,877
Margin
13,740
25.50%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1PROVANJAN MONDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,15948.6%
- 2GOBARDHAN DINGALJanata Party · JNP12,41923.1%
- 3MRITYUNJOY MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC10,75420.0%
- 4ADHAR DASIndependent · IND3,6636.8%
- 5PRAMATHA NATH GIRIIndependent · IND8821.6%
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–JNP swing
- −17.2%
- CPM share
- 42.7% → 48.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —