Constituency
164. Howrah South
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HOWRAH-SOUTH
CPM 52.6%won by 26.8%INC 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 26.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.1% to 52.6% of the vote here (+11.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% 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
48,598
Margin
13,007
26.76%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1PRALEY TALUKDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,55952.6%
- 2AMBIKA PRASAD BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC12,55225.8%
- 3SHANTI KUMAR DAS GUPTAJanata Party · JNP8,51817.5%
- 4JAI JAI RAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,4973.1%
- 5GANAPATI YADAVIndependent · IND4721.0%
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
- +42.7%
- CPM share
- 41.1% → 52.6%
- INC share
- 57.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —