Constituency

197. Ghatal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-GHATAL

CPM 54.0%won by 20.3%JNP 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 20.3%.

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

CPM vote shareCPM went from 47.6% to 54.0% of the vote here (+6.4%).
New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% 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

40,635

Margin

8,256

20.32%

3 contested · winner CPM

Derived

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