Constituency
533. Jhargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-JHARGRAM
CPM 46.3%won by 13.8%INC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 25.9% to 46.3% of the vote here (+20.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.8% of the vote between them, up from 56.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 59.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,75,907
Turnout
59.7%
Valid votes
3,44,059
Margin
47,595
13.83%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1JADUNATH KISKUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,59,43346.3%
- 2AMIYA KUMAR KISKUIndian National Congress · INC1,11,83832.5%
- 3HANSADA SUBODHIndependent · IND72,78821.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +18.2%
- CPM share
- 25.9% → 46.3%
- INC share
- 30.2% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- 64.3% → 59.7%