Constituency
240. Para
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-PARA
CPM 26.9%won by 4.3%INC 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 4.3%.
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 26.9% of the vote here (+26.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.5% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
34,130
Margin
1,478
4.33%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1GOBINDA BAURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,18526.9%
- 2SARAT CHANDRA DASIndian National Congress · INC7,70722.6%
- 3SAILEN BAURISUC · SUC6,69219.6%
- 4TARA BAURIJanata Party · JNP5,94917.4%
- 5GOPAL CHANDRA DOMEIndependent · IND1,5024.4%
- 6SAHADEB BAURIIndependent · IND1,1873.5%
- 7KALIPADA RAJOWARDIndependent · IND1,0163.0%
- 8BISWESWAR BAURIIndependent · IND8922.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +56.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- INC share
- 52.4% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —