Constituency
178. Chanditala
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-CHANDITALA
CPM 70.7%won by 52.6%JNP 18.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 52.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.8% to 70.7% of the vote here (+24.9%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.7% 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
52,697
Margin
27,723
52.61%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1MALIN GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,24370.7%
- 2SEKH ABDUR RAHIMJanata Party · JNP9,52018.1%
- 3MD. SAFIULLAIndian National Congress · INC5,67710.8%
- 4TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABARTYIndependent · IND2570.5%
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–JNP swing
- +6.8%
- CPM share
- 45.8% → 70.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.1%
- Turnout
- — → —