Constituency
179. Uttarpara
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-UTTARPARA
CPM 64.0%won by 45.1%JNP 18.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 45.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.9% 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
56,950
Margin
25,664
45.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SANTASHREE CHATTOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,43464.0%
- 2KASHINATH BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP10,77018.9%
- 3ALOK ROYIndependent · IND9,37316.5%
- 4MURALI SINGHIndependent · IND3730.7%
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
- −4.9%
- CPM share
- 50.0% → 64.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.9%
- Turnout
- — → —