Constituency
507. Malda
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MALDA
CPM 52.4%won by 8.3%INC 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.3% to 8.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,50,001
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
3,58,965
Margin
29,708
8.28%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1DINESH CHANDRA JOARDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,88,10352.4%
- 2PRANAB KUMAR MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC1,58,39544.1%
- 3GANOUR HARIJANIndependent · IND8,8092.5%
- 4SARKAR SURESH CHANDRAIndependent · IND2,6490.7%
- 5KRISHNA KRIPAL SATIARIndependent · IND1,0090.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −2.1%
- CPM share
- 41.9% → 52.4%
- INC share
- 31.6% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- 66.3% → 65.3%