Constituency
532. Midnapore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MIDNAPORE
BLD 55.2%won by 10.5%CPI 44.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 10.5%.
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 55.2% of the vote here (+55.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.4% to 56.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,78,798
Turnout
56.3%
Valid votes
3,25,998
Margin
34,124
10.47%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1GHOSAL SUDHIR KUMARBLD · BLD1,80,06155.2%
- 2CHOUBEY NARAYANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,45,93744.8%
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–CPI swing
- +44.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 55.2%
- CPI share
- 34.0% → 44.8%
- Turnout
- 65.8% → 56.3%