Constituency
218. Debra
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-DEBRA
CPM 38.0%won by 6.0%INC 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.0% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 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
43,687
Margin
2,602
5.96%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SYED MORAZZAM HOSSAINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,58138.0%
- 2SUKUMAR DASIndian National Congress · INC13,97932.0%
- 3SUDHIR KUMAR PANDITJanata Party · JNP12,92329.6%
- 4KISHORI MOHAN MANDALIndependent · IND2040.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +28.5%
- CPM share
- 37.3% → 38.0%
- INC share
- 59.9% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —