Constituency
232. Binpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BINPUR
CPM 28.7%won by 3.9%JNP 24.8%
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 3.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 28.7% of the vote here (+28.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.5% between them, down from 93.1% — 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
39,993
Margin
1,551
3.88%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1SAMBHUNATH MANDICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,47128.7%
- 2DAKHIN MURMUJanata Party · JNP9,92024.8%
- 3PANCHANAN HANSDAIndian National Congress · INC8,54821.4%
- 4JOYRAM SARENCommunist Party of India · CPI5,90914.8%
- 5SHYAM CHARAN MURMUJKD · JKD3,98410.0%
- 6SURYYA KANTA MURMUIndependent · IND1610.4%
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–JNP swing
- +3.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 28.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —