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Constituency

205. Sutahata

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-SUTAHATA

JNP 37.7%won by 3.1%CPM 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 3.1%.

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 37.7% of the vote here (+37.7%).
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
55,223
Margin
1,691
3.06%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1SHIBA NATH DASJanata Party · JNP20,84237.7%
  2. 2LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,15134.7%
  3. 3NARENDRA NATH PATRAIndian National Congress · INC8,62315.6%
  4. 4BIDHU BHUSAN KARANCommunist Party of India · CPI6,34211.5%
  5. 5HARAHARI DEBIndependent · IND2650.5%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–CPM swing
+28.9%
JNP share
0.0% → 37.7%
CPM share
25.8% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
204. Mahishadal206. Nandigram
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