Constituency
521. Calcutta North West
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-WEST
BLD 57.2%won by 22.2%INC 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 22.2%.
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 57.2% of the vote here (+57.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.3% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.7% to 52.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,95,840
Turnout
52.7%
Valid votes
3,13,880
Margin
69,633
22.18%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BLD- 1BIJOY SINGH NAHARBLD · BLD1,79,68157.2%
- 2ASHOKE KUMAR SENIndian National Congress · INC1,10,04835.1%
- 3UPENDRA NATH HALDARIndependent · IND19,8396.3%
- 4SHANKARB LAL BAJORIAIndependent · IND1,4020.4%
- 5FAZAL AHMADIndependent · IND7540.2%
- 6LOKE NATH SARAFIndependent · IND7370.2%
- 7SUJIT CHAKRABARTYIndependent · IND7240.2%
- 8BASANTA SINGHIndependent · IND6950.2%
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
- +79.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 57.2%
- INC share
- 57.3% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- 40.0% → 52.7%