Constituency
242. Kashipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-KASHIPUR
CPM 27.7%won by 5.6%JNP 22.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.1% to 27.7% of the vote here (−12.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.9% between them, down from 97.3% — 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
34,360
Margin
1,933
5.63%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1SURENDRA NATH MAJHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,53427.7%
- 2RAMPADA MAJHIJanata Party · JNP7,60122.1%
- 3RAJEN MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC7,06120.6%
- 4BABILAL MAJHICommunist Party of India · CPI6,50918.9%
- 5SHYAMAPADA MAJHISUC · SUC1,7235.0%
- 6SHRABAN KR. TUDUIndependent · IND8402.4%
- 7BHUBA ( BHATAN ) MAJHIIndependent · IND6271.8%
- 8BUDHAN MAJHIIndependent · IND4651.4%
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–JNP swing
- −34.4%
- CPM share
- 40.1% → 27.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.1%
- Turnout
- — → —