Constituency
536. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-VISHNUPUR
CPM 67.3%won by 35.9%INC 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 35.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 65.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.2% to 60.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,01,160
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
3,63,103
Margin
1,30,374
35.91%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1AJIT KUMAR SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,44,37067.3%
- 2GOUR CHANDRA LOHARIndian National Congress · INC1,13,99631.4%
- 3PASHUPATI MONDALIndependent · IND4,7371.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +35.1%
- CPM share
- 33.3% → 67.3%
- INC share
- 32.5% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- 55.2% → 60.4%