Constituency
530. Tamluk
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-TAMLUK
BLD 61.6%won by 28.8%INC 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 28.8%.
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 61.6% of the vote here (+61.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 70.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 68.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,03,246
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
4,12,155
Margin
1,18,575
28.77%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1SUSHIL KUMAR DHARABLD · BLD2,54,04961.6%
- 2SATIS CHANDRA SAMANTAIndian National Congress · INC1,35,47432.9%
- 3SURENDRA NATH GHARAIIndependent · IND13,9503.4%
- 4ASUTOSH SAMANTASUC · SUC8,6822.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +28.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 61.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 71.2% → 68.3%