Constituency
248. Chhatna
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-CHHATNA
RSP 30.3%won by 2.2%INC 28.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 2.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 0.0% to 30.3% of the vote here (+30.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.3% between them, down from 86.1% — 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
39,106
Margin
859
2.20%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1SUBHAS GOSWAMIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP11,83330.3%
- 2KAMALAKANTA HEMBRAMIndian National Congress · INC10,97428.1%
- 3SUDARSAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP10,90927.9%
- 4ARUN KIRAN BARATSUC · SUC3,4568.8%
- 5KASHI NATH MISHRAIndependent · IND1,9344.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- RSPflipped
- RSP–INC swing
- +52.6%
- RSP share
- 0.0% → 30.3%
- INC share
- 50.4% → 28.1%
- Turnout
- — → —