Constituency
210. Contai North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-CONTAI-NORTH
JNP 49.0%won by 29.9%INC 19.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 29.9%.
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 49.0% of the vote here (+49.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 19.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 76.1% — 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
51,347
Margin
15,343
29.88%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1RASBEHARI PALJanata Party · JNP25,17749.0%
- 2SAILAJA DASIndian National Congress · INC9,83419.2%
- 3ANURUP PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,38718.3%
- 4SUKHENDU MAITICommunist Party of India · CPI5,0829.9%
- 5HARIPADA GIRIIndependent · IND8401.6%
- 6JAGABANDHU MANDALIndependent · IND7511.5%
- 7NIKHILESH NANDAIndependent · IND2760.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +29.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- — → —