Constituency
221. Garhbeta West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-GARHBETA-WEST
CPM 37.5%won by 12.4%CPI 25.1%
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 12.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 33.7% to 37.5% of the vote here (+3.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.6% between them, down from 86.9% — 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
46,483
Margin
5,776
12.43%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SANTOSH BISUICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,44237.5%
- 2KRISHANA PRASAD DULEYCommunist Party of India · CPI11,66625.1%
- 3KALIKINKAR CHALAKJanata Party · JNP11,00723.7%
- 4MADAN MOHAN GURIAIndian National Congress · INC6,36813.7%
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–CPI swing
- +31.8%
- CPM share
- 33.7% → 37.5%
- CPI share
- 53.1% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —