Constituency
523. Calcutta South
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CALCUTTA-SOUTH
BLD 58.1%won by 17.5%INC 40.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 17.5%.
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 58.1% of the vote here (+58.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 93.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 59.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,54,202
Turnout
59.4%
Valid votes
3,88,354
Margin
67,940
17.49%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1DILIP CHAKRAVARTYBLD · BLD2,25,55658.1%
- 2PRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSHIIndian National Congress · INC1,57,61640.6%
- 3PINAKI RANJAN CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND5,1821.3%
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
- +68.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 58.1%
- INC share
- 50.7% → 40.6%
- Turnout
- 57.0% → 59.4%