Constituency
220. Garhbeta East
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-GARHBETA-EAST
CPM 32.2%won by 5.4%JNP 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.9% between them, down from 90.0% — 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
41,976
Margin
2,286
5.45%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1SUBHENDU MONDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,49832.2%
- 2PANCHANAN SINHA ROYJanata Party · JNP11,21226.7%
- 3SAROJ ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI8,24519.6%
- 4SARAT KUMAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC7,98519.0%
- 5AFRAPUDDIN KHANIndependent · IND1,0362.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −29.7%
- CPM share
- 35.1% → 32.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —