Constituency
156. Sealdah
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SEALDAH
JNP 36.9%won by 6.0%FBL 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 6.0%.
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 36.9% of the vote here (+36.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% 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
36,050
Margin
2,160
5.99%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1BINOY BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP13,30036.9%
- 2AMAR PRASAD CHAKARABORTYFBL · FBL11,14030.9%
- 3SOMENDRA NATH MITRAIndian National Congress · INC8,39723.3%
- 4SHIV KUMAR KHANNAIndependent · IND3,2138.9%
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–FBL swing
- +36.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.9%
- FBL share
- 30.3% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —