Constituency
246. Ranibandh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RANIBANDH
CPM 64.3%won by 43.3%JNP 20.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 43.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.8% to 64.3% of the vote here (+18.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 95.3% — 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
41,725
Margin
18,082
43.34%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SUCHAND SORENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,80964.3%
- 2JADUNATH MURMUJanata Party · JNP8,72720.9%
- 3BABULAL HEMBRAMIndian National Congress · INC3,8929.3%
- 4RAGHUNATH HEMBRAMIndependent · IND2,2975.5%
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
- −2.5%
- CPM share
- 45.8% → 64.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 20.9%
- Turnout
- — → —