Constituency
259. Hirapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-HIRAPUR
CPM 58.6%won by 36.3%INC 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 36.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 46.1% to 58.6% of the vote here (+12.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 94.7% — 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
40,977
Margin
14,859
36.26%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPMSince 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
- +38.8%
- CPM share
- 46.1% → 58.6%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —