Constituency
204. Mahishadal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MAHISHADAL
JNP 50.4%won by 30.6%CPM 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 30.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 50.4% of the vote here (+50.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.2% between them, down from 83.0% — 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
46,496
Margin
14,209
30.56%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1SASWATI BAGJanata Party · JNP23,42250.4%
- 2DINABANDHU MANDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,21319.8%
- 3AHINDRA MISRAIndian National Congress · INC5,96912.8%
- 4JAGADINDRA MAITICommunist Party of India · CPI5,84812.6%
- 5MANORANJAN MAITIIndependent · IND2,0444.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPM swing
- +47.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 50.4%
- CPM share
- 17.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —