Constituency
185. Tarakeswar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-TARAKESWAR
IND 54.8%won by 26.9%JNP 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 26.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 45.7% to 54.8% of the vote here (+9.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.8% 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
46,501
Margin
12,505
26.89%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1RAM CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND25,50454.8%
- 2AJIT BOSE MULLIKJanata Party · JNP12,99928.0%
- 3BALAILAL SHETCHIndian National Congress · INC7,18015.4%
- 4SUSHIL CHANDRA KUMARIndependent · IND5641.2%
- 5DHRUBA JYOTI BHATTACHARYAIndependent · IND2540.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- −18.8%
- IND share
- 45.7% → 54.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —