Constituency
163. Howrah Central
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HOWRAH-CENTRAL
IND 44.5%won by 12.5%JNP 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 12.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 44.5% of the vote here (+44.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
48,318
Margin
6,031
12.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1SUDHINDRA NATH KUMARIndependent · IND21,50244.5%
- 2SUKUMAR BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP15,47132.0%
- 3MRITYNJOY BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC10,71722.2%
- 4GANESH SINGHIndependent · IND4961.0%
- 5NABAKUMAR HAZRAIndependent · IND1320.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- +12.5%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 44.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —