Constituency
531. Contai
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CONTAI
BLD 74.8%won by 51.2%INC 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 51.2%.
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 74.8% of the vote here (+74.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 62.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,81,866
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
3,80,162
Margin
1,94,514
51.17%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1GUHA SAMARBLD · BLD2,84,50974.8%
- 2SUDHANGSHU PANDAIndian National Congress · INC89,99523.7%
- 3SUSHI KUMAR SAHUIndependent · IND5,6581.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +62.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 74.8%
- INC share
- 11.7% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- 63.5% → 65.3%