Constituency
148. Alipore
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-ALIPORE
CPM 42.3%won by 18.8%JNP 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 18.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 29.1% to 42.3% of the vote here (+13.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.7% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
48,391
Margin
9,091
18.79%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1ASHOKE KUMAR BOSECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,45042.3%
- 2SALIL BARAN CHATTERJEEJanata Party · JNP11,35923.5%
- 3KANAI LAL SARKARIndian National Congress · INC8,76018.1%
- 4MANI SANYALCommunist Party of India · CPI5,94712.3%
- 5RATHIN TALUKDARIndependent · IND1,4603.0%
- 6CHITTA RANJAN GHOSHIndependent · IND2220.5%
- 7MRITYUNJAY KR. MISHRAIndependent · IND1320.3%
- 8HRISHIKESH SARKARIndependent · IND610.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −10.3%
- CPM share
- 29.1% → 42.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —