Constituency
256. Sonamukhi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-SONAMUKHI
CPM 52.8%won by 30.7%JNP 22.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 30.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.4% to 52.8% of the vote here (+15.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.8% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,835
Margin
15,285
30.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1SUKHENDU KHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,28852.8%
- 2KANAI SAHAJanata Party · JNP11,00322.1%
- 3GURUPADA KHANIndian National Congress · INC9,67819.4%
- 4ABINASH CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND2,6195.3%
- 5ABANI KUMAR SAHAIndependent · 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
- −6.8%
- CPM share
- 37.4% → 52.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.1%
- Turnout
- — → —