Constituency
519. Barrackpore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BARRACKPORE
INC 64.6%won by 30.8%CPM 33.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 30.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 64.6% of the vote here (+64.6%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.8% to 70.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,50,725
Turnout
70.3%
Valid votes
4,57,519
Margin
1,41,014
30.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SOUGATA ROYIndian National Congress · INC2,95,55164.6%
- 2MAHAMMAD ISMAILCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,54,53733.8%
- 3RANJIT KUMAR BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND7,4311.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +87.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 64.6%
- CPM share
- 56.3% → 33.8%
- Turnout
- 66.5% → 70.3%