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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

294 seats · vs 1972 (280-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 178 seatsJanata Party — 29 seatsFBL — 25 seatsIndian National Congress — 20 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 20 seatsIndependent — 10 seatsSUC — 4 seats5 other parties — 8 seats148294of 294 seats
  • CPM178
  • JNP29
  • FBL25
  • INC20
  • RSP20
  • IND10
  • SUC4
  • Others8

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)17861%50,80,82835.5%224
JNPJanata Party2910%28,69,39120.0%289
FBLFBL259%7,50,2295.2%36
INCIndian National Congress207%32,98,06323.0%290
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party207%5,36,6253.7%23
INDIndependent103%9,91,8566.9%569
SUCSUC41%2,11,7521.5%29
CPICommunist Party of India21%3,75,5602.6%63
RCIRCI21%53,6540.4%3
MFBMFB21%32,9620.2%2
MULMUL10%54,9420.4%32
BBCBharatiya Bahujan Congress10%35,9550.3%3

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

1977 · selected
Majority 148
CPM178JNP29FBL25INC20RSP20IND10SUC4CPI2RCI2MFB2+2 more · 2 seats
1972 · previous
Majority 141

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1972 → 1977

1972 1977· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
27.5
35.5
0.0
20.0
2.5
5.2
49.1
23.0
2.1
3.7
3.5
6.9
8.3
2.6
CPMJNPFBLINCRSPINDCPI

Seat change

1977 seats minus 1972 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
14 → 178
+164
JNP
0 → 29
+29
FBL
0 → 25
+25
INC
216 → 20
−196
RSP
3 → 20
+17
IND
5 → 10
+5
SUC
1 → 4
+3
CPI
35 → 2
−33
RCI
0 → 2
+2
MFB
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1972 → 1977

share lostshare gained
JNP
0.0% → 20.0%
+20.0%
CPM
27.5% → 35.5%
+8.0%
IND
3.5% → 6.9%
+3.4%
FBL
2.5% → 5.2%
+2.8%
RSP
2.1% → 3.7%
+1.6%
SUC
1.8% → 1.5%
−0.3%
JKP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
MUL
0.9% → 0.4%
−0.5%
SOP
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%
NCO
1.5% → 0.0%
−1.5%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1972 → 1977. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Nadanghat
+133.6%
Kalna
+131.5%
Manteswar
+121.8%
Memari
+114.7%
Dum Dum
+114.6%
Pursurah
+94.9%
Nabagram
+93.3%
Purbasthali
+93.2%
Krishnagar East
+84.8%
Falakata
+81.4%
Kulpi
+80.2%
Burdwan North
+80.0%

Closest races · 1977

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1977

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1972