Constituency
503. Jalpaiguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-JALPAIGURI
IND 57.3%won by 19.0%INC 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 19.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 7.7% to 57.3% of the vote here (+49.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 60.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,29,606
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
3,02,981
Margin
57,698
19.04%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1KHAGENDRA NATH DASGUPTAIndependent · IND1,73,48457.3%
- 2MAYA RAYIndian National Congress · INC1,15,78638.2%
- 3JAYBED MANDALSUC · SUC8,6402.9%
- 4PANCHANAN MALLICKIndependent · IND5,0711.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +50.5%
- IND share
- 7.7% → 57.3%
- INC share
- 39.2% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- 59.1% → 57.2%