Constituency
524. Howrah
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-HOWRAH
CPM 62.7%won by 27.8%INC 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 27.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 56.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,69,642
Turnout
56.3%
Valid votes
3,77,239
Margin
1,04,731
27.76%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPMSince 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +19.8%
- CPM share
- 47.7% → 62.7%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- 52.8% → 56.3%