Constituency
237. Jhalda
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-JHALDA
FBL 50.8%won by 26.4%INC 24.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 26.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatFBL won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
43,614
Margin
11,522
26.42%
Candidates
11 contested · winner FBL- 1SATYA RANJAN MAHATOFBL · FBL22,15050.8%
- 2SUBHAS CHANDRA MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC10,62824.4%
- 3SUNIL KUMARIndependent · IND6,38814.6%
- 4BIJAY KRISHNA MAHATOJanata Party · JNP1,4653.4%
- 5RAMESWAR MAHATOIndependent · IND1,1152.6%
- 6KRISHAN LAL AGARWALIndependent · IND5211.2%
- 7SRIDHAR MAHATOIndependent · IND5141.2%
- 8KRISHA CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND4891.1%
- 9BANSIDHAR MAHATOIndependent · IND1760.4%
- 10DEBILAL MAHATOIndependent · IND1100.3%
- 11KANTHIRAM MAHATOIndependent · IND580.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +30.3%
- FBL share
- 48.1% → 50.8%
- INC share
- 51.9% → 24.4%
- Turnout
- — → —