Constituency
154. Taltola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-TALTOLA
CPM 47.5%won by 17.8%INC 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 17.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.2% between them, down from 99.6% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
38,145
Margin
6,772
17.75%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1SUMANTA KR. HIRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,11447.5%
- 2ARADHENDU SEKHAR NASKARIndian National Congress · INC11,34229.7%
- 3SHIW PRASANNA DASJanata Party · JNP5,97015.7%
- 4BANARASHI DASCommunist Party of India · CPI2,4906.5%
- 5UTPAL KANTI MANDALIndependent · IND1310.3%
- 6UPENDRA NATH HALDERIndependent · IND980.3%
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
- +26.5%
- CPM share
- 45.4% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —