Constituency
162. Howrah North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HOWRAH-NORTH
CPM 48.5%won by 16.6%INC 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 16.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.8% to 48.5% of the vote here (+7.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.4% 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
56,811
Margin
9,429
16.60%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1CHITABRATA MAZUMDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,55248.5%
- 2SUPRIYA BASUIndian National Congress · INC18,12331.9%
- 3LALTA PRASAD ASTHANAJanata Party · JNP10,96719.3%
- 4HARGOVIND PANDEYIndependent · IND1690.3%
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
- +34.9%
- CPM share
- 40.8% → 48.5%
- INC share
- 59.2% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —