Constituency
541. Bolpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BOLPUR
CPM 50.2%won by 14.0%CPI 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 14.4% to 14.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 46.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,50,289
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
2,56,932
Margin
35,951
13.99%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1SARADISH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,28,96350.2%
- 2DURGA BANERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI93,01236.2%
- 3CHATTOPADHYAY MIHIR LALIndependent · IND22,4658.7%
- 4ABDUL KASED MALLICK (BASED)Independent · IND7,7373.0%
- 5BANKIM CHATTOPADHYAYAIndependent · IND2,4931.0%
- 6KAZI GOLAM KADERIndependent · IND2,2620.9%
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–CPI swing
- −31.4%
- CPM share
- 45.4% → 50.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- 49.6% → 46.7%