Constituency
143. Jorasanko
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-JORASANKO
JNP 43.6%won by 15.2%INC 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 43.6% of the vote here (+43.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.0% between them, down from 99.6% — 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
31,715
Margin
4,815
15.18%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1VISHNU KANT SHASTRIJanata Party · JNP13,81843.6%
- 2DEOKI NANDAN PODDARIndian National Congress · INC9,00328.4%
- 3SUKUMAR DASFBL · FBL5,45617.2%
- 4MD. MANSOORIndependent · IND3,1229.8%
- 5MADAN LAL CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1380.4%
- 6BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND740.2%
- 7BHAGIRATHIMAL LADIAIndependent · IND600.2%
- 8LOKENATH SARAFFIndependent · IND260.1%
- 9MAHABIR PRASAD AGARWALAIndependent · IND180.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +87.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.6%
- INC share
- 71.8% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- — → —