Constituency
166. Domjur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-DOMJUR
CPM 65.1%won by 42.8%INC 22.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 42.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 48.5% to 65.1% of the vote here (+16.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 98.4% — 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
57,380
Margin
24,576
42.83%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1JOYKESH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,36465.1%
- 2KRISHNA PADA ROYIndian National Congress · INC12,78822.3%
- 3SAILEN PARBATJanata Party · JNP7,22812.6%
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
- +44.3%
- CPM share
- 48.5% → 65.1%
- INC share
- 49.9% → 22.3%
- Turnout
- — → —