Constituency
222. Salbani
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SALBANI
CPM 43.5%won by 17.7%INC 25.9%
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 17.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 36.7% to 43.5% of the vote here (+6.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.4% between them, down from 84.9% — 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
45,287
Margin
8,014
17.70%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1SUNDAR HAZRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,72143.5%
- 2BASANTI MAHATAIndian National Congress · INC11,70725.9%
- 3THAKUR DAS MAHATACommunist Party of India · CPI6,15213.6%
- 4LAL BAHADUR SANTRAJanata Party · JNP5,29611.7%
- 5JOGENDRANATH SARENIndependent · IND1,6063.5%
- 6RAJ KUMAR PANDEIndependent · IND3080.7%
- 7MADHU SUDAN DEIndependent · IND3030.7%
- 8KASHINATH PIRIIndependent · IND1940.4%
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–INC swing
- −19.0%
- CPM share
- 36.7% → 43.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —