Constituency
245. Raipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RAIPUR
CPM 44.3%won by 22.5%INC 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.5%.
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 44.3% of the vote here (+44.3%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.1% between them, down from 92.5% — 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
47,954
Margin
10,788
22.50%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1APINDRA KISKUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,23444.3%
- 2GANGADHAR MURMUIndian National Congress · INC10,44621.8%
- 3BHABATOSH SORENJanata Party · JNP9,13819.1%
- 4MAJHI SORENCommunist Party of India · CPI3,8318.0%
- 5SHAMBHU NATH HEMBRAMIndependent · IND2,7855.8%
- 6ANIL KAYDAIndependent · IND5201.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +22.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —