Constituency
182. Chandernagore
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-CHANDERNAGORE
CPM 67.3%won by 48.9%INC 18.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.1% to 48.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.6% between them, down from 98.7% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
60,465
Margin
29,581
48.92%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1BHABANI MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM40,68167.3%
- 2ASIT MUKHOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC11,10018.4%
- 3SUPRABHAT BASUJanata Party · JNP8,28013.7%
- 4PRAKASH CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND4040.7%
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–INC swing
- +48.9%
- CPM share
- 49.4% → 67.3%
- INC share
- 49.3% → 18.4%
- Turnout
- — → —