West Bengal assembly election, Oct 1977

294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 55.15% turnout.

Seats

294

Candidates

1,572

27 women, 3 elected

Turnout

55.15%

1.43 cr of 2.6 cr

Leading party

CPM

178 of 294 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	178	+164	224	50,80,828	35.46%	+8.01
JNP Janata Party	29	+29	289	28,69,391	20.02%	—
FBL All India Forward Bloc	25	+25	36	7,50,229	5.24%	+2.75
INC Indian National Congress	20	-196	290	32,98,063	23.02%	-26.06
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	20	+17	23	5,36,625	3.74%	+1.61
IND Independent	10	+5	569	9,91,856	6.92%	+3.38
SUC SUC	4	+3	29	2,11,752	1.48%	-0.31
CPI Communist Party of India	2	-33	63	3,75,560	2.62%	-5.71
RCI RCI	2	+2	3	53,654	0.37%	+0.02
MFB MFB	2	+2	2	32,962	0.23%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	1	0	32	54,942	0.38%	-0.53
BBC BBC	1	+1	3	35,955	0.25%	—
WPI WPI	0	-1	2	29,221	0.20%	-0.27
JKD JKD	0	0	2	5,701	0.04%	—
RPI RPI	0	0	3	1,652	0.01%	-0.02
IGL IGL	0	-2	2	810	0.01%	-0.26

CPM178 (61%)
JNP29 (10%)
FBL25 (9%)
INC20 (7%)
RSP20 (7%)
IND10 (3%)
Others12 (4%)

CPM178
JNP29
FBL25
INC20
RSP20
IND10
Others12

CPM178
JNP29
FBL25
INC20
RSP20
IND10
SUC4
CPI2
Others6

Constituency performance

From the 294 results in West Bengal

Closest contest

BAGDAHA

won by 83 (0.15%)

Biggest victory

SATGACHIA

won by 38,446 (67.42%)

Highest turnout

BANKURA

85.19%

Lowest turnout

BARA BAZAR

29.82%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1972), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained0 (0%)
Changed hands0 (0%)
New seat294 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 294 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

West Bengal, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–250 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MAYURESWAR	CPMPANCHANAN LET (BARA)	JNPGUNAKAR MANDAL	7,94422.70%	45.0%
MEKLIGANJ	FBLSADA KANT ROY	INCMADHUSUDAN ROY	8,71718.51%	50.9%
MEMARI	CPMBENOY KONAR	JNPSURYA NARAYAN PAL	26,35747.43%	58.2%
MIDNAPORE	JNPBANKIM BEHARI PAL	CPIKAMAKHAYA CHARAN GHOSH	3,4616.63%	54.4%
MOYNA	CPMPULAK BERA	INCBHUSHAN CH. DOLAI	1,4692.68%	63.9%
MUGBERIA	JNPKIRANMAY NANDA	CPMAMARENDRA KRISHNA GOSWAMI	7,80016.75%	59.4%
MURARAI	INCMOTAHAR HOSSAIN	CPMBAZLE AHAMMAD	7,67415.91%	65.0%
MURSHIDABAD	FBLCHHAYA GHOSH	JNPSYED NAWAB JANI MEERZA	4,5649.64%	51.4%
NABADWIP	CPMDEBI PROSAD BASU	INCSASTHI BHUSAN PAL	11,17420.37%	52.9%
NABAGRAM	CPMBIRENDRA NARAYAN RAY	JNPDURGAPADA SINHA	16,29231.06%	57.9%
NADANGHAT	CPMSYED ABDUL HABIBULLAH	INCBISWANATH BASU	23,35342.84%	66.2%
NAGRAKATA	CPMPUNAI ORAON	INCHEMRAJ BHAGAT	10,89824.68%	50.3%
NAIHATI	CPMGOPAL BASU	INCJAGADISH CHAKRABORTY	20,61537.19%	52.1%
NAKASHIPARA	CPMMIR FAKIR MOHAMMAD	JNPS. M. BADARUDDIN	10,72424.23%	59.3%
NALHATI	FBLBHABAUI PRASAD CHATTOPADYAY	INCABHOY CHARAN DAS	10,01429.99%	47.2%
NANDANPUR	CPMMANORANJAN ROY	JNPJAGADISH CH. MAJHI	5,24611.91%	61.4%
NANDIGRAM	JNPPRABIR JANA	CPIBHUPAL CHANDRA PANDA	14,25324.10%	61.9%
NANUR	CPMBANAMALI DAS	INCDULAL SAHA	19,11444.45%	51.8%
NAODA	RSPJAYANTA KUMAR BISWAS	INCNASIRUDDIN KHAN	12,69719.60%	69.3%
NARAYANGARH	INCKRISHNA DAS ROY	JNPMIHIR KUMAR LAHA	1,1592.39%	63.3%
NARGHAT	JNPBANKIM BEHARI MAITI	INCSARADINDU SAMANTA	11,03220.61%	58.5%
NATABARI	CPMSIBENDRA NARAYAN CHOWDHURY	INCSANTOSH KUMAR ROY	13,81427.14%	68.5%
NAYAGRAM	CPMBUDHADEB SINGH	JNPSUBODH HANSDA	2,5286.25%	50.4%
NOAPARA	CPMJAMINI BHUSAN SAHA	INCAPURBA BHATTACHARJEE	14,81635.60%	46.6%
ONDA	FBLANIL MUKHERJEE	INCSAMBHU NARAYAN GOSWAMI	2,1514.48%	51.0%
PALASHIPARA	CPMMADHABENDU MOHANTA	INCKARTIC CHANDRA BISWAS	13,76123.21%	68.2%
PANCHLA	FBLSANTOSH KUMAR DAS	INCANWAR ALI SEKH	1,4532.36%	70.8%
PANDUA	CPMDEB NARAYAN CHAKRABARTY	INCSAILENDRA CHATTOPADHYAY	18,85735.39%	62.3%
PANIHATI	CPMGOPAL KRISHNA BHATTACHARYYA	JNPSANMATHA NATH GHOSH	17,84230.74%	51.8%
PANSKURA EAST	JNPSWADES RANJAN MAJI	FBLADHIR KUMAR CHATTERJEE	4,4439.74%	56.8%
PANSKURA WEST	CPISK. OMKAR ALI	JNPJATI KUMAR ROY	4931.03%	61.7%
PARA	CPMGOBINDA BAURI	INCSARAT CHANDRA DAS	1,4784.33%	39.3%
PATASPUR	JNPJANMEJOY OJHA	INCBARENDRA NATH PATRA	6,57112.09%	69.5%
PATHARPRATIMA	CPMGUNADHAR MAITI	INCANANTA KUMAR BERA	3,3876.72%	63.6%
PHANSIDEWA	CPMPATRAS MINZ	JNPCHACKO TARESA SORENG	7,46515.02%	50.6%
PINGLA	JNPHARIPADA JANA	INCBIJOY DAS	1,2982.88%	63.8%
POLBA	CPMBROJOGOPAL NEOGY	INCBHABANI PROSAD SINGHA ROY	13,50227.20%	65.9%
PURBASTHALI	CPMMANORANJAN NATH	JNPRAMA DEBI	22,94842.91%	64.0%
PURSURAH	CPMMANORANJAN HAZRA	JNPDURGA CHARAN CHAKRABARTY	2160.44%	59.8%
PURULIA	CPMMAHADEB MUKHERJEE	INDSANAT KUMAR MUKHERJEE	7,77617.94%	48.7%
RAGHUNATHPUR	SUCBIJOY BAURI	JNPNEPAL BAURI	3411.02%	42.1%
RAIGANJ	CPMKHAGENDRA NATH SINHA	JNPMEHENDRANATH BARMAN	5,83212.96%	51.7%
RAINA	CPMRAM NARAYAN GOSWAMI	INCAJIT KRISHNA BHATTACHARYA	21,50241.14%	57.9%
RAIPUR	CPMAPINDRA KISKU	INCGANGADHAR MURMU	10,78822.50%	50.2%
RAJARHAT	CPMRABINDRA NATH MANDAL	INCAMALENDU SEKHAR NASKAR	16,36931.62%	59.3%
RAJGANJ	CPMDHIRENDRA NATH ROY	JNPMONOMOHAN ROY	7,32919.02%	50.5%
RAJNAGAR	FBLSIDDHESWAR MANDAL	INCJITEN KUMAR MONDAL	10,71328.99%	41.4%
RAMNAGAR	JNPBALAILAL DAS MAHAPATRA	CPMROHINI KARAN	5,67112.19%	48.1%
RAMPURHAT	FBLSHANSHAKA SEKHAR MONDAL	JNPTAPAS KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY	6,52515.83%	51.2%
RANAGHAT EAST	CPMSATISH CHANDRA BISWAS	INCSUSHIL KUMAR RAY	12,65321.53%	64.3%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.