Constituency
161. Bally
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BALLY
CPM 59.2%won by 33.7%INC 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 33.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.8% to 59.2% of the vote here (+15.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% 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
48,348
Margin
16,279
33.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1PATIPABAN PATHAKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,63259.2%
- 2GANESH PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC12,35325.6%
- 3TARAK BANERJEEIndependent · IND3,7737.8%
- 4BHABANI SANKAR MUKHERJEEJanata Party · JNP3,4077.0%
- 5MADAN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1830.4%
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–INC swing
- +46.0%
- CPM share
- 43.8% → 59.2%
- INC share
- 56.2% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- — → —