Constituency
157. Vidyasagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-VIDYASAGAR
CPM 41.7%won by 9.4%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 9.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.9% to 41.7% of the vote here (+3.8%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.0% 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
44,127
Margin
4,148
9.40%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1SAMAR KUMAR RUDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,40741.7%
- 2TAPAN KUMAR SIKDARJanata Party · JNP14,25932.3%
- 3MD. SHAMSUZZOHAIndian National Congress · INC10,66824.2%
- 4S. M. M. AHEMEDIndependent · IND3470.8%
- 5MD. SAMIUDDINIndependent · IND2760.6%
- 6SUBRATA KUMAR NEOGYIndependent · IND1380.3%
- 7SUSHOVAN BANERJEEIndependent · IND320.1%
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
- −28.5%
- CPM share
- 37.9% → 41.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —