Constituency
169. Sankrail
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SANKRAIL
CPM 61.2%won by 38.8%JNP 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 38.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% 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
54,985
Margin
21,315
38.77%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1HARAN HAZRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,65061.2%
- 2NITYANANDAA BHUNIYAJanata Party · JNP12,33522.4%
- 3ARABINDA NASKARIndian National Congress · INC9,00016.4%
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–JNP swing
- −14.3%
- CPM share
- 53.1% → 61.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —