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Constituency

532. Midnapore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977

IN-MIDNAPORE

BLD 55.2%won by 10.5%CPI 44.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
  1. 1GHOSAL SUDHIR KUMARBLD · BLD1,80,06155.2%
  2. 2CHOUBEY NARAYANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,45,93744.8%

Since 1971

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
BLDflipped
BLDCPI swing
+44.4%
BLD share
0.0% 55.2%
CPI share
34.0% 44.8%
Turnout
65.8% 56.3%