Constituency
534. Purulia
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-PURULIA
FBL 68.3%won by 39.6%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 39.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- FBL vote shareFBL went from 9.1% to 68.3% of the vote here (+59.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 73.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 50.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,82,892
Turnout
50.5%
Valid votes
2,94,143
Margin
1,16,552
39.62%
Candidates
5 contested · winner FBL- 1CHITTARANJAN MAHATAFBL · FBL2,00,98568.3%
- 2PASHUPATI MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC84,43328.7%
- 3JAIRAM MAJHIIndependent · IND3,5321.2%
- 4KRISHNANLAL AGRAWALAIndependent · IND3,2291.1%
- 5ANIL MAHATAIndependent · IND1,9640.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- FBLflipped
- FBL–INC swing
- +82.3%
- FBL share
- 9.1% → 68.3%
- INC share
- 51.8% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- 46.6% → 50.5%