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Constituency

181. Champdani

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-CHAMPDANI

CPM 63.6%won by 47.1%JNP 16.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 47.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 46.3% to 63.6% of the vote here (+17.3%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 16.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
55,224
Margin
25,988
47.06%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMJNP swing
+0.7%
CPM share
46.3% 63.6%
JNP share
0.0% 16.5%
Turnout