Constituency
180. Serampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SERAMPORE
CPM 52.3%won by 18.6%INC 33.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 18.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.5% to 52.3% of the vote here (+14.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.1% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
62,569
Margin
11,619
18.57%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1KAMAL KRISHNA BAHATTACHARAYYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,73252.3%
- 2GOPAL DAS NAGIndian National Congress · INC21,11333.7%
- 3NIRMAL CHANDRA LAHIRIJanata Party · JNP7,68612.3%
- 4SHIB RANJAN PANDEYIndependent · IND6001.0%
- 5DEB KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND2330.4%
- 6MAHINDRA NATH SARKARIndependent · IND2050.3%
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
- +41.7%
- CPM share
- 37.5% → 52.3%
- INC share
- 60.6% → 33.7%
- Turnout
- — → —