Constituency
261. Raniganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-RANIGANJ
CPM 59.4%won by 44.5%INC 14.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.9% to 44.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
41,350
Margin
18,414
44.53%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1HARADHAN ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,57059.4%
- 2SAROJAKSHA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC6,15614.9%
- 3AMAR NATH KESHRIJanata Party · JNP5,34812.9%
- 4SUNIL SENCommunist Party of India · CPI5,27612.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +21.6%
- CPM share
- 60.8% → 59.4%
- INC share
- 37.8% → 14.9%
- Turnout
- — → —