Constituency
289. Mahammad Bazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MAHAMMAD-BAZAR
CPM 50.1%won by 19.5%INC 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 19.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.3% to 50.1% of the vote here (+4.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,050
Margin
8,188
19.47%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1DHIRENDRA NATH SENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,07350.1%
- 2NITAI PADA GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC12,88530.6%
- 3NIL RATAN GHOSHJanata Party · JNP4,97511.8%
- 4ALOK KUMAR SADHUIndependent · IND1,3833.3%
- 5JITEN MANDALIndependent · IND6361.5%
- 6AMAR BANERJEEIndependent · IND4661.1%
- 7NITYARANJAN BANDHOPADHYAYIndependent · IND4661.1%
- 8AJOY KUMAR NANDANIndependent · IND1660.4%
Since 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
- +28.9%
- CPM share
- 45.3% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 54.7% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —