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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 42 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
42
Constituencies
Majority
22
Seats needed of 42
Electors
2.51Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.51Cr
60.2% of electors
Median turnout
61.0%
Median of 42 seats
CPI(M) short
−5
Below majority · 17 − 22

[01]Seat matrix

42 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 42 seats: CPI(M) 17, BLD 15, INC 3, RSP 3, AIFB 3, IND 1. Majority line at 22 seats. Hemicycle of 42 seats: CPI(M) 17, BLD 15, INC 3, RSP 3, AIFB 3, IND 1. Majority line at 22 seats.
Majority · 22 of 42CPI(M) 17 · 5 short of majority
CPI(M) 1740.5% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
BLD 1535.7% Bharatiya Lok Dal
INC 37.1% Indian National Congress
RSP 37.1% Revolutionary Socialist Party
AIFB 37.1% All India Forward Bloc
IND 12.4% Independents

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 29.4%3 seats · 7.1%
CPI(M) 26.1%17 seats · 40.5%
BLD 21.5%15 seats · 35.7%
CPI 6.5%0 seats
AIFB 4.3%3 seats · 7.1%
Others 12.2%4 seats · 9.5%

Vote share not published

  • RSP3 seats
  • IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. CPI(M) converted 26.1% of votes into 40.5% of seats, a seat premium of 14.4 pp.

    17 ÷ 42 = 40.5% · 40.5 − 26.1 = +14.4

  2. INC polled 29.4% of votes, the highest share, but won 3 seats (7.1%).

    3 ÷ 42 = 7.1% · 7.1 − 29.4 = −22.3

  3. Jangipur was decided by 2,186 votes, the closest of 42 seats; Arambagh had the widest margin, 2,07,437.

    min / max of margin over 42 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; CPI(M) won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 42 · CPI(M) 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats CPI(M) won 3 of 10 (30.0%), against 40.5% of all seats.

    3 ÷ 10 = 30.0% · 17 ÷ 42 = 40.5%

  6. Turnout ran from 43.6% in Darjeeling to 72.2% in Barrackpore; the median seat polled 61.0%.

    min / median / max over 42 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

42 of 42 seats carry a turnout
025507510061.0%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 37.1% of seats
50–60 1433.3% of seats
60–70 2354.8% of seats
70–80 24.8% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestDarjeeling43.6%
  • HighestBarrackpore72.2%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

42 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1977, all 42 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Cooch BeharSC Amrendranath Roy Pradhan All India Forward Bloc 3,63,908 1,02,858 28.3 63.8
02 AlipurduarsST Pius Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party 3,12,975 40,568 13.0 59.8
03 JalpaiguriSC Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent 3,15,866 57,698 18.3 59.6
04 Darjeeling Krishna Bahadur Chettri Indian National Congress 2,72,135 18,480 6.8 43.6
05 Raiganj Md. Hayat Ali Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,47,199 67,124 19.3 61.6
06 Balurghat Palas Barman Revolutionary Socialist Party 3,69,396 54,563 14.8 66.2
07 Malda Dinesh Chandra Joardar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,68,914 29,708 8.1 67.1
08 JangipurCLOSEST Sasankasekher Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,28,222 2,186 0.7 58.1
09 Murshidabad Syed Kazim Ali Meerza Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,63,744 36,089 9.9 62.0
10 Berhampore Tridip Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party 3,91,275 1,02,180 26.1 60.7
11 Krishnagar Renupada Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,31,367 91,368 27.6 62.0
12 Nabadwip Bibha Ghosh (Goswami ) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,71,933 87,286 23.5 58.5
13 BarasatSC Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc 3,72,416 1,15,794 31.1 61.1
14 BasirhatSC Alhaj M.A. Hannan Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,51,244 12,186 3.5 60.2
15 Joynagar Sakti Kumar Sarkar Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,80,213 60,637 15.9 60.7
16 Mathurapur Mukunda Kumar Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,97,485 41,592 10.5 66.0
17 Diamond Harbour Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,89,100 1,56,404 40.2 64.0
18 Jadavpur Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,56,636 1,38,635 38.9 57.1
19 BarrackporeSC Sougata Roy Indian National Congress 4,70,018 1,41,014 30.0 72.2
20 Dum DumSC Asoke Krishna Dutt Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,31,362 21,780 5.0 61.7
21 Calcutta North West Bijoy Singh Nahar Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,21,742 69,633 21.6 54.0
22 Calcutta North East Pratap Chandra Chunder Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,61,255 1,29,759 35.9 56.3
23 Calcutta South Dilip Chakravarty Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,98,561 67,940 17.0 60.9
24 Howrah Samar Mukherjee 11dharmatala Lane Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,89,263 1,04,731 26.9 58.1
25 Uluberia Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,04,839 1,14,499 28.3 66.3
26 Serampore Dinen Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,92,237 1,39,815 35.6 62.4
27 Hooghly Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,67,205 1,06,259 28.9 65.5
28 ArambaghWIDEST Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,98,708 2,07,437 52.0 68.7
29 PanskuraSC Abha Maiti Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,73,170 98,137 26.3 71.8
30 Tamluk Sushil Kumar Dhara Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,21,330 1,18,575 28.1 69.8
31 Contai Guha Samar Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,88,122 1,94,514 50.1 66.7
32 Midnapore Ghosal Sudhir Kumar Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,38,254 34,124 10.1 58.4
33 JhargramST Jadunath Kisku Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,58,585 47,595 13.3 62.3
34 Purulia Chittaranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 3,03,660 1,16,552 38.4 52.1
35 Bankura Mondal Bijoy Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,20,481 80,077 25.0 53.1
36 Vishnupur Ajit Kumar Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,76,332 1,30,374 34.6 62.6
37 DurgapurSC Krishna Chandra Haldar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,59,280 91,431 25.4 53.0
38 AsansolSC Robin Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,87,229 72,227 25.1 44.4
39 Burdwan Raj Krishna Dawn Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,63,202 71,003 19.5 56.9
40 Katwa Dhirendra Nath Basu Indian National Congress 3,69,898 11,880 3.2 64.3
41 BolpurSC Saradish Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,66,128 35,951 13.5 48.4
42 Birbhum Gadadhar Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,88,116 30,549 10.6 52.1
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,07,437 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · West Bengal · 42 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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