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Constituency

255. Indas

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-INDAS

CPM 63.1%won by 43.1%JNP 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 43.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 39.1% to 63.1% of the vote here (+24.1%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
44,169
Margin
19,038
43.10%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMJNP swing
+4.0%
CPM share
39.1% 63.1%
JNP share
0.0% 20.0%
Turnout