Constituency
512. Nabadwip
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-NABADWIP
CPM 53.7%won by 24.2%CPI 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 24.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.6% to 56.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,35,456
Turnout
56.8%
Valid votes
3,60,854
Margin
87,286
24.19%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1BIBHA GHOSH (GOSWAMI )Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,93,71453.7%
- 2NITAIPADA SARKARCommunist Party of India · CPI1,06,42829.5%
- 3PROMATHA RANJAN THAKURIndependent · IND52,96214.7%
- 4HARIPADA BISWASIndependent · IND6,3441.8%
- 5GANENDRA PROSAD BURMANIndependent · IND1,4060.4%
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–CPI swing
- −22.7%
- CPM share
- 46.9% → 53.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- 65.4% → 56.8%