Constituency
129. Naihati
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-NAIHATI
CPM 61.9%won by 37.2%INC 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 37.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 46.9% to 61.9% of the vote here (+15.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.6% between them, down from 99.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
55,425
Margin
20,615
37.19%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1GOPAL BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,29361.9%
- 2JAGADISH CHAKRABORTYIndian National Congress · INC13,67824.7%
- 3DHILAN SARKARJanata Party · JNP7,45413.4%
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
- +42.9%
- CPM share
- 46.9% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 52.6% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —