Constituency
230. Gopiballavpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-GOPIBALLAVPUR
IND 25.7%won by 3.2%CPM 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 3.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 1.3% to 25.7% of the vote here (+24.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.1% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,210
Margin
1,687
3.23%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1SANTOSH RANAIndependent · IND13,40125.7%
- 2ABANI BHUSAN SATPATHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,71422.4%
- 3HARISH CHANDRA MAHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC11,04221.1%
- 4DHANANJOY KARJanata Party · JNP9,20817.6%
- 5BIKASH MAHATAIndependent · IND5,28410.1%
- 6BHABATARAN JANAIndependent · IND1,5613.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–CPM swing
- +39.2%
- IND share
- 1.3% → 25.7%
- CPM share
- 37.3% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —