Constituency
271. Burdwan South
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-BURDWAN-SOUTH
CPM 51.8%won by 22.1%INC 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 28.3% to 51.8% of the vote here (+23.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.6% 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
56,161
Margin
12,384
22.05%
Candidates
3 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
- +65.5%
- CPM share
- 28.3% → 51.8%
- INC share
- 71.7% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —