Constituency
184. Haripal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HARIPAL
CPM 48.1%won by 27.5%INC 20.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: WPI (WPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 27.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 48.1% of the vote here (+48.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.7% between them, down from 99.7% — 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
50,332
Margin
13,833
27.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1BALAI BANDHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,20448.1%
- 2CHANDRASEKHAR BANIKIndian National Congress · INC10,37120.6%
- 3SAILENDRA NATH CHATTOPADHYAYJanata Party · JNP8,09016.1%
- 4CHITTARANJAN BOSEWPI · WPI7,02714.0%
- 5SATISH CHANDRA MALIndependent · IND6401.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- WPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +76.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 48.9% → 20.6%
- Turnout
- — → —