Constituency
137. Baranagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BARANAGAR
RSP 53.9%won by 26.8%INC 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 26.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 0.0% to 53.9% of the vote here (+53.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% 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
61,922
Margin
16,586
26.79%
Candidates
6 contested · winner RSP- 1MATISH RAYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP33,38453.9%
- 2KUMUD BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC16,79827.1%
- 3DWIJESH DUTTA MAJUMDERJanata Party · JNP9,92916.0%
- 4SHIBA PADA BHATTACHARYACommunist Party of India · CPI1,4042.3%
- 5BIKASH MAZUMDERIndependent · IND2680.4%
- 6AMAR MAMUJDARIndependent · IND1390.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- RSPflipped
- RSP–INC swing
- +26.8%
- RSP share
- 0.0% → 53.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- — → —