1977 Indian general election in West Bengal

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The 1977 Indian general election was held in West Bengal to elect 42 members of the 6th Lok Sabha.

Quick facts All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha, First party ...
1977 Indian general election in West Bengal
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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party CPI(M) INC JP
Last election 34.29%, 20 seats 28.20%, 13 seats New
Seats won 17 3 15
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 10 Increase 15
Popular vote 3,839,091 4,312,418 3,151,318
Percentage 26.15% 29.37% 21.46%
Alliance seats 39 3 39
Prime Minister before election

Indira Gandhi
INC

 Elected Prime Minister

Morarji Desai
JP

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This election took place after the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. In the aftermath, the newly formed Janata Party formed an alliance with the CPI(M)-led front, while the CPI aligned with the Indian National Congress (INC).[1][2][3][4]

Parties and alliances

Janata Party + Left Front

  Janata Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 20
Janata Party Morarji Desai 15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3
All India Forward Bloc 3
Independent 1
Total 42
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Indian National Congress + Communist Party of India

  INC + CPI

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress 34
Communist Party of India 8
Total 42
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Others

More information Party, Seats contested ...
Party Seats contested
Socialist Unity Centre of India 2
All India Gorkha League 1
Republican Party of India 1
Independent 78
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List of Candidates

List of Candidates from Prominent Parties

More information Constituency, Janata + Left Alliance ...
Constituency Janata + Left Alliance INC + CPI
# Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan INC Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury
2 Alipurduars (ST) RSP Pius Tirkey INC Tuna Oraon
3 Jalpaiguri IND Khagendra Nath Dasgupta INC Maya Ray
4 Darjeeling CPM Ratanlal Brahmin INC Krishna Bahadur Chhetri
5 Raiganj JP Md. Hayat Ali INC Abedin Anowarul
6 Balurghat (SC) RSP Palas Barman INC Rasendra Nath Barman
7 Malda CPM Dinesh Chandra Joarder INC Pranab Mukherjee
8 Jangipur CPM Sasankasekher Sanyal INC Lutfal Haque
9 Murshidabad JP Syed Kazim Ali Mirza INC Azizur Rahman
10 Berhampore RSP Tridib Chaudhuri INC Sudip Bandyopadhyay
11 Krishnagar CPM Renu Pada Das INC Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay
12 Nabadwip (SC) CPM Bibha Ghosh Goswami CPI Nitaipada Sarkar
13 Barasat AIFB Chitta Basu CPI Ranen Sen
14 Basirhat JP Alhaj M. A. Hannan INC A. K. M. Ishaque
15 Joynagar (SC) JP Sakti Kumar Sarkar INC Nirmal Kanti Mondal
16 Mathurapur (SC) CPM Mukunda Kumar Mondal INC Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
17 Diamond Harbour CPM Jyotirmoy Basu INC Biren Mahanti
18 Jadavpur CPM Somnath Chatterjee CPI Mohammad Elias
19 Barrackpore CPM Mahammad Ismail INC Saugata Roy
20 Dum Dum JP Ashok Krishna Dutt CPI Indrajit Gupta
21 Calcutta North West JP Bijoy Singh Nahar INC Ashoke Kumar Sen
22 Calcutta North East JP Pratap Chandra Chunder CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee
23 Calcutta South JP Dilip Chakravarty INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
24 Howrah CPM Samar Mukherjee INC Nityananda Dey
25 Uluberia CPM Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya INC Nirmalendu Bhattacharya
26 Serampore CPM Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya CPI Jadu Gopal Sen
27 Hooghly CPM Bijoy Krishna Modak INC Bishnu Charan Banerjee
28 Arambagh JP Prafulla Chandra Sen INC Santi Mohan Roy
29 Panskura JP Abha Maiti INC Phulrenu Guha
30 Tamluk JP Sushil Kumar Dhara INC Satis Chandra Samanta
31 Contai JP Samar Guha INC Sudhangshu Panda
32 Midnapore JP Sudhir Kumar Ghosal CPI Narayan Choubey
33 Jhargram (ST) CPM Jadunath Kisku INC Amiya Kumar Kisku
34 Purulia AIFB Chittaranjan Mahata INC Pashupati Mahato
35 Bankura JP Bijoy Mondal INC Shankar Narayan Singh Deo
36 Vishnupur (SC) CPM Ajit Kumar Saha INC Gour Chandra Lohar
37 Durgapur (SC) CPM Krishna Chandra Halder INC Manoranjan Pramanik
38 Asansol CPM Robin Sen INC Syed Mohammad Jalal
39 Burdwan JP Raj Krishna Dawn INC Shyama Prasad Kundu
40 Katwa CPM Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah INC Dhirendranath Basu
41 Bolpur CPM Saradish Roy CPI Durga Banerjee
42 Birbhum (SC) CPM Gadadhar Saha INC Birendaban Saha
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Election Statistics

More information #, Const. Name ...
#Const. NameElectorsPoll DateVotesVotersPoll %
1Cooch Behar (SC)570,55616 March 1977350,184363,90863.78%
2Alipurduars (ST)523,297295,162312,97559.81%
3Jalpaiguri529,606302,981315,86659.64%
4Darjeeling624,898261,953272,13543.55%
5Raiganj563,672336,476347,19961.60%
6Balurghat (SC)557,919357,661369,39666.21%
7Malda550,001358,965368,91467.08%
8Jangipur565,255317,291328,22258.07%
9Murshidabad587,057351,915363,74461.96%
10Berhampore645,013380,587391,27560.66%
11Krishnagar534,845321,433331,36761.96%
12Nabadwip (SC)635,456360,854371,93358.53%
13Barasat609,986362,741372,41661.05%
14Basirhat583,782342,228351,24460.17%
15Joynagar (SC)626,050369,183380,21360.73%
16Mathurapur (SC)601,885387,518397,48566.04%
17Diamond Harbour608,458379,376389,10063.95%
18Jadavpur624,264347,144356,63657.13%
19Barrackpore650,725457,519470,01872.23%
20Dum Dum698,781422,006431,36261.73%
21Calcutta North West595,840313,880321,74254.00%
22Calcutta North East641,747352,141361,25556.29%
23Calcutta South654,202388,354398,56160.92%
24Howrah669,642377,239389,26358.13%
25Uluberia610,328395,826404,83966.33%
26Serampore628,219380,327392,23762.44%
27Hooghly560,707357,512367,20565.49%
28Arambagh580,700389,305398,70868.66%
29Panskura519,863363,271373,17071.78%
30Tamluk603,246412,155421,33069.84%
31Contai581,866380,162388,12266.70%
32Midnapore578,798325,998338,25458.44%
33Jhargram (ST)575,907344,059358,58562.26%
34Purulia582,892294,143303,66052.10%
35Bankura603,383307,940320,48153.11%
36Vishnupur (SC)601,160363,103376,33262.60%
37Durgapur (SC)677,500346,235359,28053.03%
38Asansol647,254276,773287,22944.38%
39Burdwan638,853354,473363,20256.85%
40Katwa575,293360,300369,89864.30%
41Bolpur550,289256,932266,12848.36%
42Birbhum (SC)553,221278,604288,11652.08%
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Results by Party

Results by Party/Alliance

More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
JP+ CPI(M) 38,39,091 26.15 Decrease 8.14 20 17 Decrease 3
JP 31,51,318 21.46 New entry 15 15 New entry
AIFB 6,31,200 4.30 Increase 1.60 3 3 Increase 3
RSP 5,78,786 3.94 Increase 1.90 3 3 Increase 2
IND 1,73,484 1.18 Steady 1 1 Increase 1
Total 83,73,879 57.03 Steady 42 39 Steady
INC INC 43,12,418 29.37 Increase 1.17 34 3 Decrease 10
CPI 9,52,997 6.49 Decrease 4.05 8 0 Decrease 3
Total 52,65,415 35.86 Steady 42 3 Steady
Others 2,22,649 1.52 Steady 9 0 Steady
IND 8,19,966 5.58 Steady 78 0 Steady
Total 1,46,81,909 100% - 171 42 -
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Detailed Results

More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Cooch Behar (SC) Amrendranath Roy Pradhan AIFB 2,26,521 64.69 Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury INC 1,23,663 35.31 1,02,858 29.38
2 Alipurduars (ST) Pius Tirkey RSP 1,67,865 56.87 Tuna Oraon INC 1,27,297 43.13 40,568 13.74
3 Jalpaiguri Khagendra Nath Dasgupta IND 1,73,484 57.26 Maya Ray INC 1,15,786 38.22 57,698 19.04
4 Darjeeling Krishna Bahadur Chettri INC 1,09,520 41.81 Ratanlal Brahman CPM 91,040 34.75 18,480 7.06
5 Raiganj Md. Hayat Ali JP 1,88,694 56.08 Abedin Anowarul INC 1,21,570 36.13 67,124 19.95
6 Balurghat (SC) Palas Barman RSP 2,06,112 57.63 Rasendra Nath Burman INC 1,51,549 42.37 54,563 15.26
7 Malda Dinesh Chandra Joardar CPM 1,88,103 52.40 Pranab Kumar Mukherjee INC 1,58,395 44.13 29,708 8.27
8 Jangipur Sasankasekher Sanyal CPM 1,55,008 48.85 Lutfal Haque (Haji) INC 1,52,822 48.16 2,186 0.69
9 Murshidabad Syed Kazim Ali Meerza JP 1,40,927 40.05 Azizur Rahman INC 1,04,838 29.79 36,089 10.26
10 Berhampore Tridip Chaudhuri RSP 2,04,809 53.81 Sudip Bandyopadhyay INC 1,02,629 26.97 1,02,180 26.84
11 Krishnagar Renupada Das CPM 1,98,830 61.86 Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay INC 1,07,462 33.43 91,368 28.43
12 Nabadwip (SC) Bibha Ghosh (Goswami) CPM 1,93,714 53.68 Nitaipada Sarkar CPI 1,06,428 29.49 87,286 24.19
13 Barasat Chitta Basu AIFB 2,03,694 56.15 Ranen Sen CPI 87,900 24.23 1,15,794 31.92
14 Basirhat Alhaj M.A. Hannan JP 1,68,644 49.28 A.K.M. Ishaque INC 1,56,458 45.72 12,186 3.56
15 Joynagar (SC) Sakti Kumar Sarkar JP 1,80,587 48.92 Nirmal Kanti Mondal INC 1,19,950 32.49 60,637 16.43
16 Mathurapur (SC) Mukunda Kumar Mondal CPM 1,88,227 48.57 Purnendu Sekhar Naskar INC 1,46,635 37.84 41,592 10.73
17 Diamond Harbour Jyotirmoy Basu CPM 2,67,890 70.61 Biren Mahanti INC 1,11,486 29.39 1,56,404 41.22
18 Jadavpur Somnath Chatterjee CPM 2,36,085 68.01 Mohammad Elias CPI 97,450 28.07 1,38,635 39.94
19 Barrackpore Sougata Roy INC 2,95,551 64.60 Mahammad Ismail CPM 1,54,537 33.78 1,41,014 30.82
20 Dum Dum Asoke Krishna Dutt JP 2,15,766 51.13 Indrajit Gupta CPI 1,93,986 45.97 21,780 5.16
21 Calcutta North West Bijoy Singh Nahar JP 1,79,681 57.25 Ashoke Kumar Sen INC 1,10,048 35.06 69,633 22.19
22 Calcutta North East Pratap Chandra Chunder JP 2,37,787 67.53 Hirendra Nath Mukherjee CPI 1,08,028 30.68 1,29,759 36.85
23 Calcutta South Dilip Chakravarty JP 2,25,556 58.08 Priya Ranjan Das Munshi INC 1,57,616 40.59 67,940 17.49
24 Howrah Samar Mukherjee CPM 2,36,530 62.70 Nityananda Dey INC 1,31,799 34.94 1,04,731 27.76
25 Uluberia Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya CPM 2,25,583 56.99 Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee INC 1,11,084 28.06 1,14,499 28.93
26 Serampore Dinen Bhattacharya CPM 2,60,071 68.38 Jadu Gopal Sen CPI 1,20,256 31.62 1,39,815 36.76
27 Hooghly Bijoy Krishna Modak CPM 2,23,818 62.60 Bishnu Charan Banerjee INC 1,17,559 32.88 1,06,259 29.72
28 Arambagh Prafulla Chandra Sen JP 2,98,371 76.64 Santi Mohan Roy INC 90,934 23.36 2,07,437 53.28
29 Panskura Abha Maiti JP 2,30,704 63.51 Phulrenu Guha INC 1,32,567 36.49 98,137 27.02
30 Tamluk Sushil Kumar Dhara JP 2,54,049 61.64 Satis Chandra Samanta INC 1,35,474 32.87 1,18,575 28.77
31 Contai Guha Samar JP 2,84,509 74.84 Sudhangshu Panda INC 89,995 23.67 1,94,514 51.17
32 Midnapore Ghosal Sudhir Kumar JP 1,80,061 55.23 Choubey Narayan CPI 1,45,937 44.77 34,124 10.46
33 Jhargram (ST) Jadunath Kisku CPM 1,59,433 46.34 Amiya Kumar Kisku INC 1,11,838 32.51 47,595 13.83
34 Purulia Chittaranjan Mahata AIFB 2,00,985 68.33 Pashupati Mahato INC 84,433 28.70 1,16,552 39.63
35 Bankura Mondal Bijoy JP 1,75,664 57.04 Shankar Narayan Singh Deo INC 95,587 31.04 80,077 26.00
36 Vishnupur (SC) Ajit Kumar Saha CPM 2,44,370 67.30 Gour Chandra Lohar INC 1,13,996 31.39 1,30,374 35.91
37 Durgapur (SC) Krishna Chandra Haldar CPM 2,18,833 63.20 Manoranjan Pramanik INC 1,27,402 36.80 91,431 26.40
38 Asansol Robin Sen CPM 1,63,492 59.07 Syed Mohammad Jalal INC 91,265 32.97 72,227 26.10
39 Burdwan Raj Krishna Dawn JP 1,90,318 53.69 Shyama Prasad Kundu INC 1,19,315 33.66 71,003 20.03
40 Katwa Dhirendra Nath Basu INC 1,79,927 49.94 Syed Mansur Habibullah CPM 1,68,047 46.64 11,880 3.30
41 Bolpur Saradish Roy CPM 1,28,963 50.19 Durga Banerjee CPI 93,012 36.20 35,951 13.99
42 Birbhum (SC) Gadadhar Saha CPM 1,36,517 49.00 Birendaban Saha INC 1,05,968 38.04 30,549 10.96
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Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal

More information #, Name ...
# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Pratap Chandra Chunder Calcutta North East Cabinet Minister Education, Social Welfare and Culture 26 March
1977		 28 July
1979		 JP
2 Saugata Roy Barrackpore Minister of State Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers 4 August
1979		 14 January
1980		 INC(U)
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