Constituency
146. Chowringhee
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-CHOWRINGHEE
JNP 38.8%won by 5.9%CPM 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 5.9%.
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 38.8% of the vote here (+38.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% 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
36,533
Margin
2,171
5.94%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1SANDIP DASJanata Party · JNP14,16638.8%
- 2AMAL DATTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,99532.8%
- 3PRASANTA BEHARI MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC9,60426.3%
- 4QUAMUDDIN AHMEDIndependent · IND2840.8%
- 5DHIRENDRA GHOSHIndependent · IND2410.7%
- 6SUDHIR BERAIndependent · IND1580.4%
- 7KARUNA NIDHAN ROYIndependent · IND850.2%
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–CPM swing
- +35.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.8%
- CPM share
- 29.4% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- — → —