Constituency
508. Jangipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-JANGIPUR
CPM 48.9%won by 0.7%INC 48.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 17.6% to 48.9% of the vote here (+31.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 52.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 56.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,65,255
Turnout
56.1%
Valid votes
3,17,291
Margin
2,186
0.69%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SASANKASEKHER SANYALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,55,00848.9%
- 2LUTFAL HAQUE (HAJI)Indian National Congress · INC1,52,82248.2%
- 3T.A. NURAN NABIIndependent · IND6,7612.1%
- 4ISRAILIndependent · IND2,7000.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +17.7%
- CPM share
- 17.6% → 48.9%
- INC share
- 34.7% → 48.2%
- Turnout
- 54.0% → 56.1%