Constituency
515. Joynagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-JOYNAGAR
BLD 48.9%won by 16.4%INC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 16.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 48.9% of the vote here (+48.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 63.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.1% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,26,050
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
3,69,183
Margin
60,637
16.42%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1SAKTI KUMAR SARKARBLD · BLD1,80,58748.9%
- 2NIRMAL KANTI MONDALIndian National Congress · INC1,19,95032.5%
- 3PROBODH PURKAITSUC · SUC68,64618.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +58.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 48.9%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- 68.1% → 59.0%