Constituency
211. Contai South
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-CONTAI-SOUTH
JNP 72.4%won by 62.2%IND 10.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 62.2%.
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 72.4% of the vote here (+72.4%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
44,388
Margin
27,592
62.16%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1SATYA BRATA MAITIJanata Party · JNP32,14872.4%
- 2SUDHIR CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND4,55610.3%
- 3RAM SANKAR KARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,3889.9%
- 4JYOTIRMOY KARIndian National Congress · INC3,2967.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–IND swing
- +106.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 72.4%
- IND share
- 43.9% → 10.3%
- Turnout
- — → —