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West Bengal assembly election, Oct 1977

The 8th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
178 seats · majority
Candidates
1,572
27 women, 3 elected
Turnout
55.15%
1.43 cr of 2.6 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • CPM178
  • JNP29
  • FBL25
  • INC20
  • RSP20
  • IND10
  • SUC4
  • CPI2
  • Others6

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (1972)

INC
-196
CPM
+164
CPI
-33
FBL
+25
RSP
+17
IND
+5
SUC
+3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)178+16422446.2%50,80,82835.46%+8.0110
JNPJanata Party29—28920.4%28,69,39120.02%—121
FBLAll India Forward Bloc25+253644.6%7,50,2295.24%+2.753
INCIndian National Congress20-19629023.4%32,98,06323.02%-26.0769
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party20+172347.0%5,36,6253.75%+1.611
INDIndependent10+55693.7%9,91,8566.92%+3.38540
SUCSUC4+32915.0%2,11,7521.48%-0.3120
CPICommunist Party of India2-336312.7%3,75,5602.62%-5.7151
RCIRCI2+2340.1%53,6540.37%+0.020
MFBMFB2—241.7%32,9620.23%—0
MULIndian Union Muslim League10323.3%54,9420.38%-0.5331
BBCBBC1—323.6%35,9550.25%—1
WPIWPI0-1227.6%29,2210.20%-0.271
JKDJKD0—27.1%5,7010.04%—2
RPIRPI0031.0%1,6520.01%-0.023
IGLIGL0-221.0%8100.01%-0.262

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Oct 1977

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
SATGACHIAWest BengalCPMJYOTI BASUINCJUMMAN ALI MOLLAH38,44667.42%
CONTAI SOUTHWest BengalJNPSATYA BRATA MAITIINDSUDHIR CHANDRA DAS27,59262.16%
SUZAPURWest BengalINCABUL BARKAT ATAUL GHANI KHAN CHOWDHURYCPMHABIBUR33,74858.27%
BUDGE BUDGEWest BengalCPMKHITIBHUSAN BURMONINCBIPULANANDA GUHA ROY26,57853.70%
CHANDITALAWest BengalCPMMALIN GHOSHJNPSEKH ABDUR RAHIM27,72352.61%
EGRAWest BengalJNPPRABODH CHANDRA SINHACPMANADI NANDAN DAS24,48152.28%
AUSGRAMWest BengalCPMSHREEDHAR MALIKJNPMADAN LOHAR24,38349.23%
SONARPURWest BengalCPMGANGADHAR NASKARINCGOURHARI SARDAR25,80949.08%
CHANDERNAGOREWest BengalCPMBHABANI MUKHERJEEINCASIT MUKHOPADHYAY29,58148.92%
KHARDAHWest BengalCPMKAMAL SARKARINCHARSHADHARI BHATTACHARYYA25,77248.91%

Closest results of Oct 1977

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
BAGDAHAWest BengalFBLKAMALAKSHMI BISWASINDAPURBA LAL MAJUMDAR830.15%
TAMLUKWest BengalCPIBISWANATH MUKHOPADHYAYINCSUKUMAR DAS1160.22%
MANIKCHAKWest BengalCPMSUBODH CHOUDHURYINCJCKHILAL MONDAL1340.30%
KHANAKULWest BengalJNPPANCHANAN DIGPATICPMSACHINDRA NATH HAZRA1700.35%
KRISHNAGAR EASTWest BengalJNPKASHIKANTA MAITRACPMSADHAN CHTTOPADHDYAY2040.43%
PURSURAHWest BengalCPMMANORANJAN HAZRAJNPDURGA CHARAN CHAKRABARTY2160.44%
ENGLISHBAZARWest BengalCPMSAILEN SARKARJNPHARI PRASANNA MISRA2500.57%
SHYAMPURWest BengalJNPSASABINDU BERAFBLKISHORI MOHAN MOINAN4140.69%
KHARAGPUR RURALWest BengalCPMSK. SIRAJ ALICPIDEBAN DAS3790.89%
KALIACHAKWest BengalINCSAMSUDDIN AHMMADJNPPROMODE RANJAN BASU6461.01%