Constituency
130. Bhatpara
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BHATPARA
CPM 63.4%won by 44.5%INC 18.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 44.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.8% to 63.4% of the vote here (+21.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.3% between them, down from 99.5% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,221
Margin
23,245
44.51%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1SITA RAM GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,10563.4%
- 2SATYA NARAIN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,86018.9%
- 3BAIDYANATH RAYJanata Party · JNP4,2978.2%
- 4JADUBANS SINGHIndependent · IND4,2438.1%
- 5OMPRAKASH GUPTAIndependent · IND2920.6%
- 6DUBE VIKAS CHANDRA SAKAL NARAYANIndependent · IND2560.5%
- 7HARAPRASAD BHATTACHARYAIndependent · IND1680.3%
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
- +60.3%
- CPM share
- 41.8% → 63.4%
- INC share
- 57.7% → 18.9%
- Turnout
- — → —