Constituency
134. Khardah
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KHARDAH
CPM 62.2%won by 48.9%INC 13.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 48.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 25.9% to 62.2% of the vote here (+36.3%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 13.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% 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
52,696
Margin
25,772
48.91%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1KAMAL SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,76962.2%
- 2HARSHADHARI BHATTACHARYYAIndian National Congress · INC6,99713.3%
- 3ARUN KUMAR RUDRAJanata Party · JNP6,96413.2%
- 4SRIPATI BANERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI5,46510.4%
- 5JOGESWAR DASIndependent · IND2620.5%
- 6BISWANATH RAYIndependent · IND2390.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +23.0%
- CPM share
- 25.9% → 62.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 13.3%
- Turnout
- — → —