Constituency
138. Dum Dum
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-DUM-DUM
CPM 61.9%won by 42.9%INC 19.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 42.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 14.1% to 61.9% of the vote here (+47.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 99.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
65,299
Margin
28,039
42.94%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1TARUN SEN GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM40,42661.9%
- 2LAL BAHADUR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,38719.0%
- 3SOVENDRA BASU MALLICKJanata Party · JNP12,00418.4%
- 4SAILEN SEN GUPTAIndependent · IND4820.7%
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
- +114.6%
- CPM share
- 14.1% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 85.7% → 19.0%
- Turnout
- — → —