Constituency
251. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BANKURA
CPM 45.6%won by 23.7%JNP 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 23.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.4% to 45.6% of the vote here (+10.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.5% between them, down from 96.4% — 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
45,323
Margin
10,757
23.73%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1PARTHA DECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,68245.6%
- 2ANANDI KUNDUJanata Party · JNP9,92521.9%
- 3SHASNKA SHITCommunist Party of India · CPI5,42312.0%
- 4ABANI BHUSAN MISRAIndian National Congress · INC4,3769.7%
- 5KRISHNA CHANDRA PALIndependent · IND2,9746.6%
- 6KASHI NATH MISRAIndependent · IND1,6963.7%
- 7DILIP KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND2470.5%
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
- −11.7%
- CPM share
- 35.4% → 45.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —