Constituency
542. Birbhum
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BIRBHUM
CPM 49.0%won by 11.0%INC 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 11.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.9% to 50.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,53,221
Turnout
50.4%
Valid votes
2,78,604
Margin
30,549
10.97%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1GADADHAR SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,36,51749.0%
- 2BIRENDABAN SAHAIndian National Congress · INC1,05,96838.0%
- 3BRAJAGOPAL SAHASUC · SUC19,9137.1%
- 4KANAI SAHAIndependent · IND16,2065.8%
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
- +6.9%
- CPM share
- 39.6% → 49.0%
- INC share
- 35.5% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 41.5% → 50.4%