Constituency
535. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BANKURA
BLD 57.0%won by 26.0%INC 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 26.0%.
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 57.0% of the vote here (+57.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.1% of the vote between them, up from 55.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 51.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,03,383
Turnout
51.0%
Valid votes
3,07,940
Margin
80,077
26.00%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1MONDAL BIJOYBLD · BLD1,75,66457.0%
- 2SHANKAR NARAYAN SINGH DEOIndian National Congress · INC95,58731.0%
- 3ASHUTOSH BANERJEESUC · SUC27,3438.9%
- 4MUKHERJEE SAKTIPADAIndependent · IND5,6621.8%
- 5BHUTNATH GHOSHIndependent · IND2,4610.8%
- 6SHARMA MATULALIndependent · IND1,2230.4%
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–INC swing
- +59.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 57.0%
- INC share
- 33.0% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- 45.0% → 51.0%