Constituency
267. Ausgram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-AUSGRAM
CPM 67.5%won by 49.2%JNP 18.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 49.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
49,526
Margin
24,383
49.23%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SHREEDHAR MALIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,42767.5%
- 2MADAN LOHARJanata Party · JNP9,04418.3%
- 3ANNADA PROSAD DHARAIndian National Congress · INC7,05514.2%
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–JNP swing
- −1.1%
- CPM share
- 50.3% → 67.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.3%
- Turnout
- — → —