Constituency
149. Rashbehari Avenue
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RASHBEHARI-AVENUE
CPM 39.6%won by 7.3%JNP 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 7.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 26.6% to 39.6% of the vote here (+13.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% 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
52,224
Margin
3,834
7.34%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1ASHOK MITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,69939.6%
- 2ASHOKE KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAYAJanata Party · JNP16,86532.3%
- 3LAKSHMI KANTA BASUIndian National Congress · INC12,41423.8%
- 4RANJIT DHARSUC · SUC1,7223.3%
- 5ASHOK KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND3320.6%
- 6DEBIPRASAD BASU THAKURIndependent · IND1920.4%
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
- −19.2%
- CPM share
- 26.6% → 39.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —