Constituency
504. Darjeeling
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DARJEELING
INC 41.8%won by 7.1%CPM 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 41.8% of the vote here (+41.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.6% of the vote between them, up from 61.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.7% to 41.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,24,898
Turnout
41.9%
Valid votes
2,61,953
Margin
18,480
7.05%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNA BAHADUR CHETTRIIndian National Congress · INC1,09,52041.8%
- 2RATANLAL BRAHMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM91,04034.8%
- 3MADAN KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND32,83512.5%
- 4AMAR PRAKASH DIMMALIGL · IGL12,5094.8%
- 5DHARMA SHAMSHER BASNETIndependent · IND4,3061.6%
- 6JANAKLAL AGARWALIndependent · IND4,0981.6%
- 7BHATTACHERJEE BRIJAMOHANIndependent · IND3,9841.5%
- 8DALBAHADUR SINGH GAHATRAJIndependent · IND1,9250.7%
- 9THAKUR PRASADIndependent · IND1,1090.4%
- 10RUTH KARTHAK LEPCHANIIndependent · IND6270.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +40.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.8%
- CPM share
- 33.2% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 50.6% → 41.9%