Constituency
238. Jaipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-JAIPUR
INC 35.9%won by 5.1%JNP 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.5% to 5.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 84.2% — 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
36,749
Margin
1,883
5.12%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RAM KRISHNA MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC13,19535.9%
- 2CHAKRADHAR MAHATOJanata Party · JNP11,31230.8%
- 3SURESWAR SAHUFBL · FBL6,32317.2%
- 4PADMA LOCHAN MAHATOIndependent · IND3,0398.3%
- 5UMESH MAHATOIndependent · IND1,9845.4%
- 6SUDARSHAN MAHATOIndependent · IND6901.9%
- 7JAGDISH CHANDRA KALIRANJAN MAHATOIndependent · IND2060.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −61.7%
- INC share
- 66.9% → 35.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —