Constituency
522. Calcutta North East
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-EAST
BLD 67.5%won by 36.8%CPI 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 36.8%.
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 67.5% of the vote here (+67.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 79.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.8% to 54.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,41,747
Turnout
54.9%
Valid votes
3,52,141
Margin
1,29,759
36.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1PRATAP CHANDRA CHUNDERBLD · BLD2,37,78767.5%
- 2HIRENDRA NATH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI1,08,02830.7%
- 3RIZAWAN AHMEDIndependent · IND4,3921.2%
- 4DE ARUN KUMARIndependent · IND1,9340.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–CPI swing
- +77.2%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 67.5%
- CPI share
- 40.3% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- 52.1% → 54.9%