Constituency
510. Berhampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BERHAMPORE
RSP 53.8%won by 26.8%INC 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 26.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.8% of the vote between them, up from 47.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.0% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,45,013
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
3,80,587
Margin
1,02,180
26.85%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1TRIDIP CHAUDHURIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP2,04,80953.8%
- 2SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC1,02,62927.0%
- 3ANISUR RAHAMAN KHUDA BAKHSHIndependent · IND63,10416.6%
- 4MAHASIN ALIIndependent · IND5,7061.5%
- 5ABDUL HALIMIndependent · IND4,3391.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- +23.2%
- RSP share
- 25.4% → 53.8%
- INC share
- 21.8% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- 55.0% → 59.0%