Constituency
258. Barabani
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BARABANI
CPM 49.6%won by 15.1%INC 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 27.0% to 49.6% of the vote here (+22.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.1% between them, down from 97.9% — 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
45,407
Margin
6,840
15.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SUNIL BASU ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,51449.6%
- 2SUKUMAR BANDOPADHYAIndian National Congress · INC15,67434.5%
- 3MANINDRA NATH BOSEJanata Party · JNP6,86515.1%
- 4GOBARDHAN THAKURIndependent · IND3540.8%
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–INC swing
- +58.9%
- CPM share
- 27.0% → 49.6%
- INC share
- 70.9% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —