Constituency
255. Indas
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-INDAS
CPM 63.1%won by 43.1%JNP 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 43.1%.
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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
44,169
Margin
19,038
43.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1BADAN BORACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,88763.1%
- 2NABADURGAJanata Party · JNP8,84920.0%
- 3SANATAN SANTRAIndian National Congress · INC7,43316.8%
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
- +4.0%
- CPM share
- 39.1% → 63.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 20.0%
- Turnout
- — → —