Constituency
243. Hura
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HURA
CPM 28.3%won by 1.7%JNP 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.7%.
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 28.3% of the vote here (+28.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.9% between them, down from 94.5% — 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
36,924
Margin
621
1.68%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1AMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,44528.3%
- 2RAJ RAJESHWARI PRASAD SINGHADEOJanata Party · JNP9,82426.6%
- 3SATADAL MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC8,01721.7%
- 4DULAL HEMBRAMSUC · SUC5,25514.2%
- 5BANESWAR MAHATOIndependent · IND1,8585.0%
- 6SHANKAR HALDARIndependent · IND1,0272.8%
- 7SHAKTIPADA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND3551.0%
- 8KARALI PADA PATIIndependent · IND1430.4%
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
- +1.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —