Constituency
260. Asansol
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-ASANSOL
CPM 46.6%won by 13.1%INC 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 39.0% to 46.6% of the vote here (+7.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 97.7% — 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
37,509
Margin
4,917
13.11%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPMSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −25.8%
- CPM share
- 39.0% → 46.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —