Constituency
253. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-VISHNUPUR
CPM 52.2%won by 26.5%INC 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 26.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.3% to 52.2% of the vote here (+16.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.0% between them, down from 93.8% — 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
43,102
Margin
11,412
26.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ACHINTYA KRISHNA ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,51152.2%
- 2ARDHENDU MITRAIndian National Congress · INC11,09925.8%
- 3JANARDHAN MISRAJanata Party · JNP9,10921.1%
- 4DWARKADAS RATHIIndependent · IND3830.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +49.6%
- CPM share
- 35.3% → 52.2%
- INC share
- 58.5% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —