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 +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 178 | +164 | 224 | 50,80,828 | 35.46% | +8.01 |
| JNPJanata Party | 29 | +29 | 289 | 28,69,391 | 20.02% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 25 | +25 | 36 | 7,50,229 | 5.24% | +2.75 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 20 | -196 | 290 | 32,98,063 | 23.02% | -26.06 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 20 | +17 | 23 | 5,36,625 | 3.74% | +1.61 |
| INDIndependent | 10 | +5 | 569 | 9,91,856 | 6.92% | +3.38 |
| SUCSUC | 4 | +3 | 29 | 2,11,752 | 1.48% | -0.31 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | -33 | 63 | 3,75,560 | 2.62% | -5.71 |
| RCIRCI | 2 | +2 | 3 | 53,654 | 0.37% | +0.02 |
| MFBMFB | 2 | +2 | 2 | 32,962 | 0.23% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 1 | 0 | 32 | 54,942 | 0.38% | -0.53 |
| BBCBBC | 1 | +1 | 3 | 35,955 | 0.25% | — |
| WPIWPI | 0 | -1 | 2 | 29,221 | 0.20% | -0.27 |
| JKDJKD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5,701 | 0.04% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,652 | 0.01% | -0.02 |
| IGLIGL | 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
- CPM
- JNP
- FBL
- INC
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 251–294 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANAGHAT WEST | CPMKUNDU GOURCHANDRA | INCNARESH CHANDRA CHAKI | 19,83333.50% | 60.8% |
| RANIBANDH | CPMSUCHAND SOREN | JNPJADUNATH MURMU | 18,08243.34% | 46.8% |
| RANIGANJ | CPMHARADHAN ROY | INCSAROJAKSHA MUKHERJEE | 18,41444.53% | 42.2% |
| RASHBEHARI AVENUE | CPMASHOK MITRA | JNPASHOKE KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAYA | 3,8347.34% | 53.4% |
| RATUA | CPMMOHAMMAD ALI | INCNIREN CHANDRA SINHA | 3,8409.86% | 50.3% |
| SABANG | BBCGOURANGA SAMANTA | JNPSURYA KANTA MAHAPATRA | 6,30513.40% | 66.8% |
| SAGAR | CPMPROVANJAN MONDAL | JNPGOBARDHAN DINGAL | 13,74025.50% | 61.5% |
| SAGARDIGHI | CPMHAZARI BISWAS | INCATUL CHANDRA SARKAR | 9172.86% | 44.1% |
| SALBANI | CPMSUNDAR HAZRA | INCBASANTI MAHATA | 8,01417.70% | 56.4% |
| SANDESHKHALI | CPMKUMUD RANJAN BISWAS | INCRAMAJIT KUMAR DAS | 21,64739.87% | 59.1% |
| SANKRAIL | CPMHARAN HAZRA | JNPNITYANANDAA BHUNIYA | 21,31538.77% | 65.3% |
| SANTIPUR | RCIBIMALANANDA MUKHERJEE | JNPJNANENDRA NATH PRAMANIK | 14,18227.68% | 60.8% |
| SATGACHIA | CPMJYOTI BASU | INCJUMMAN ALI MOLLAH | 38,44667.42% | 62.8% |
| SEALDAH | JNPBINOY BANERJEE | FBLAMAR PRASAD CHAKARABORTY | 2,1605.99% | 46.6% |
| SERAMPORE | CPMKAMAL KRISHNA BAHATTACHARAYYA | INCGOPAL DAS NAG | 11,61918.57% | 60.7% |
| SHIBPUR | FBLKANAI LAL BHATTACHARYYA | INCMRIGENDRA MUKHERJEE | 26,99439.87% | 53.9% |
| SHYAMPUKUR | FBLNALINI KANTA GUHA | JNPBEHOY SIRCAR | 4,56811.37% | 49.6% |
| SHYAMPUR | JNPSASABINDU BERA | FBLKISHORI MOHAN MOINAN | 4140.69% | 64.0% |
| SILIGURI | CPMBIREN BOSE | INCARUN KUMAR MOITRA | 9,50417.41% | 35.9% |
| SINGUR | CPMGOPAL BANDNOPADHYAY | INDTARAPADA SADHUKHAN | 15,81726.99% | 69.2% |
| SITAI | FBLDIPAK SEN GUPTA | INCSUSHIL ROY SARKAR | 20,86138.96% | 58.9% |
| SITALKUCHI | CPMSUDHIR PRAMANIK | INCBIRENDRA NATH ROY | 13,60432.37% | 53.5% |
| SONAMUKHI | CPMSUKHENDU KHAN | JNPKANAI SAHA | 15,28530.67% | 63.3% |
| SONARPUR | CPMGANGADHAR NASKAR | INCGOURHARI SARDAR | 25,80949.08% | 57.3% |
| SURI | INCSUNITI CHATTARAJ | CPMARUN KUMAR CHOWDHURY | 3,6747.25% | 58.6% |
| SUTAHATA | JNPSHIBA NATH DAS | CPMLAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETH | 1,6913.06% | 60.3% |
| SUTI | INCMD. SOHORAB | RSPSHISH MOHAMMAD | 2,1383.90% | 69.3% |
| SUZAPUR | INCABUL BARKAT ATAUL GHANI KHAN CHOWDHURY | CPMHABIBUR | 33,74858.27% | 69.9% |
| SWARUPNAGAR | CPMANISUR RAHMAN | INCCHANDRA NATH MISRA | 3,1055.82% | 68.0% |
| TALDANGRA | CPMMOHINI MOHAN PANDA | INCPHANI BHUSAN SINGHABABU | 22,76238.11% | 63.0% |
| TALTOLA | CPMSUMANTA KR. HIRA | INCARADHENDU SEKHAR NASKAR | 6,77217.75% | 45.1% |
| TAMLUK | CPIBISWANATH MUKHOPADHYAY | INCSUKUMAR DAS | 1160.22% | 60.9% |
| TAPAN | RSPNATHENIEL MURMU | INCSEBASTIAM TUDU | 19,40237.32% | 63.7% |
| TARAKESWAR | INDRAM CHATTERJEE | JNPAJIT BOSE MULLIK | 12,50526.89% | 65.7% |
| TITAGARH | CPMMOHAMMED AMIN | INCGANGA PRASAD SHA | 13,28830.98% | 42.1% |
| TOLLYGUNGE | CPMPRASANTA KUMAR SUR | INCPANKAJ KUMAR BANERJEE | 9,45617.37% | 55.7% |
| TUFANGANJ | CPMMANINDRA NATH BARMA | JNPSURENDRA NARAYAN ROY KUNGAR | 17,21135.60% | 64.0% |
| UDAYNARAYANPUR | CPMPANNALAL MAJHI | INCSAROJ KARAR | 14,26325.90% | 65.2% |
| UKHRA | CPMLAKHAN BAGDI | INCGOPAL MONDAL | 9,00021.81% | 41.4% |
| ULUBERIA NORTH | CPMRAJ KUMAR MNDAL | JNPARUN PRAMANIK | 24,21747.50% | 54.7% |
| ULUBERIA SOUTH | FBLAUROBINDA GHOSAL | INDABANI BASU | 11,15221.03% | 58.9% |
| UTTARPARA | CPMSANTASHREE CHATTOPADHYAY | JNPKASHINATH BANERJEE | 25,66445.06% | 62.2% |
| VIDYASAGAR | CPMSAMAR KUMAR RUDRA | JNPTAPAN KUMAR SIKDAR | 4,1489.40% | 42.8% |
| VISHNUPUR | CPMACHINTYA KRISHNA ROY | INCARDHENDU MITRA | 11,41226.48% | 56.1% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the West Bengal assembly election, Oct 1977?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 178 of 294 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Oct 1977?
Turnout was 55.15% — 1.43 cr of 2.6 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.
