Constituency
538. Asansol
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ASANSOL
CPM 59.1%won by 26.1%INC 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 26.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.6% to 42.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,47,254
Turnout
42.8%
Valid votes
2,76,773
Margin
72,227
26.10%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1ROBIN SENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,63,49259.1%
- 2SYED MOHAMMAD JALALIndian National Congress · INC91,26533.0%
- 3BADAL BAURIIndependent · IND7,7162.8%
- 4NIRODA PRASAD MUKHEREJEIndependent · IND5,6572.0%
- 5ADITYA BARAN BANDOPADHYAYIndependent · IND4,7461.7%
- 6NARESH CHANDRA ROY CHAUDHURYIndependent · IND3,8971.4%
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
- +13.5%
- CPM share
- 49.4% → 59.1%
- INC share
- 36.8% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- 49.3% → 42.8%