Constituency
152. Ballygunge
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BALLYGUNGE
CPM 43.9%won by 15.8%INC 28.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 43.9% of the vote here (+43.9%).
- 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
53,526
Margin
8,432
15.75%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1SACHIN SENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,47243.9%
- 2SUBRATA MUKHEREJEEIndian National Congress · INC15,04028.1%
- 3JYOTIRMOY BHATTACHARYYAJanata Party · JNP14,65827.4%
- 4ZAFAR NAWAB SUNJERIndependent · IND2190.4%
- 5KARUNA NIDHAN ROYIndependent · IND1370.3%
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
- +79.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- INC share
- 64.1% → 28.1%
- Turnout
- — → —