Constituency
167. Jagatballavpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-JAGATBALLAVPUR
CPM 63.0%won by 39.5%INC 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 39.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.6% between them, down from 95.1% — 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
55,102
Margin
21,757
39.48%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1M. ANSARUDDINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,73363.0%
- 2BRINDABAN GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC12,97623.5%
- 3KANAL LAL GHOSHJanata Party · JNP7,39313.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −9.7%
- CPM share
- 49.2% → 63.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —