State · 197742 of 542 seats

West Bengal

West Bengal elects 42 . COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) won 17 of 42 seats.

CPI(M)17

BLD15

INC3

FBL3

RSP3

Independent1

60Out of every 100 voters here, 60 voted. India: 60.

The numbers

Turnout

60.24%

−0.3 pts vs India

Electors

2.51crore

in 42 constituencies

Women MPs

of 5 women candidates

Candidates

171

5 women · NOTA 0.0%

Who won the 42 seats

one tile per constituency, grouped by party

CPI(M) 17 BLD 15 INC 3 FBL 3 RSP 3 Independent 1

Votes vs seats

pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats

Share of votesShare of seats

CPI(M)26% → 40%

BLD21% → 36%

INC29% → 7%

FBL4% → 7%

RSP4% → 7%

Independent7% → 2%

CPI6% → 0%

Vote share

bars: % of valid votes · right: seats

CPI(M)26.1%17seats BLD21.5%15seats INC29.4%3seats FBL4.3%3seats RSP3.9%3seats Independent6.8%1seats CPI6.5%0seats SUC1.4%0seats

Notable contests

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Closest

2,186 votes

Jangipur
CPI(M) over INC

Biggest win

2.07 lakh

Arambagh
Prafulla Chandra Sen (BLD)

Highest turnout

72.2%

Barrackpore
4,70,018 votes

Lowest turnout

43.5%

Darjeeling
2,72,135 votes

Constituencies

42 · tap one for the full result

Amrendranath Roy Pradhan · FBL2,26,52164.7%Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury · INC1,23,66335.3%

Turnout 63.8%Electors 5,70,556Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Pius Tirkey · RSP1,67,86556.9%Tuna Oraon · INC1,27,29743.1%

Turnout 59.8%Electors 5,23,297Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Khagendra Nath Dasgupta · Independent1,73,48457.3%Maya Ray · INC1,15,78638.2%Third · SUC8,6402.9%

Turnout 59.6%Electors 5,29,606Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Krishna Bahadur Chettri · INC1,09,52041.8%Ratanlal Brahman · CPI(M)91,04034.8%Third · Independent32,83512.5%

Turnout 43.5%Electors 6,24,898Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Md. Hayat Ali · BLD1,88,69456.1%Abedin Anowarul · INC1,21,57036.1%Third · Independent26,2127.8%

Turnout 61.6%Electors 5,63,672Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Palas Barman · RSP2,06,11257.6%Rasendra Nath Burman · INC1,51,54942.4%

Turnout 66.2%Electors 5,57,919Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dinesh Chandra Joardar · CPI(M)1,88,10352.4%Pranab Kumar Mukherjee · INC1,58,39544.1%Third · Independent8,8092.5%

Turnout 67.1%Electors 5,50,001Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sasankasekher Sanyal · CPI(M)1,55,00848.9%Lutfal Haque (Haji) · INC1,52,82248.2%Third · Independent6,7612.1%

Turnout 58.1%Electors 5,65,255Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Syed Kazim Ali Meerza · BLD1,40,92740.0%Azizur Rahman · INC1,04,83829.8%Third · Independent69,69719.8%

Turnout 62.0%Electors 5,87,057Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Tridip Chaudhuri · RSP2,04,80953.8%Sudip Bandyopadhyay · INC1,02,62927.0%Third · Independent63,10416.6%

Turnout 60.7%Electors 6,45,013Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Renupada Das · CPI(M)1,98,83061.9%Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay · INC1,07,46233.4%Third · Independent6,8232.1%

Turnout 62.0%Electors 5,34,845Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Bibha Ghosh (Goswami ) · CPI(M)1,93,71453.7%Nitaipada Sarkar · CPI1,06,42829.5%Third · Independent52,96214.7%

Turnout 58.5%Electors 6,35,456Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Chitta Basu · FBL2,03,69456.1%Ranen Sen · CPI87,90024.2%Third · Independent49,61113.7%

Turnout 61.0%Electors 6,09,986Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Alhaj M.A. Hannan · BLD1,68,64449.3%A.K.M. Ishaque · INC1,56,45845.7%Third · Independent9,5432.8%

Turnout 60.2%Electors 5,83,782Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sakti Kumar Sarkar · BLD1,80,58748.9%Nirmal Kanti Mondal · INC1,19,95032.5%Third · SUC68,64618.6%

Turnout 60.7%Electors 6,26,050Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Mukunda Kumar Mondal · CPI(M)1,88,22748.6%Purnendu Sekhar Naskar · INC1,46,63537.8%Third · SUC44,83711.6%

Turnout 66.0%Electors 6,01,885Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Jyotirmoy Basu · CPI(M)2,67,89070.6%Biren Mahanti · INC1,11,48629.4%

Turnout 64.0%Electors 6,08,458Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Somnath Chatterjee · CPI(M)2,36,08568.0%Mohammad Elias · CPI97,45028.1%Third · Independent5,8521.7%

Turnout 57.1%Electors 6,24,264Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sougata Roy · INC2,95,55164.6%Mahammad Ismail · CPI(M)1,54,53733.8%Third · Independent7,4311.6%

Turnout 72.2%Electors 6,50,725Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Asoke Krishna Dutt · BLD2,15,76651.1%Indrajit Gupta · CPI1,93,98646.0%Third · Independent12,2542.9%

Turnout 61.7%Electors 6,98,781Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Bijoy Singh Nahar · BLD1,79,68157.3%Ashoke Kumar Sen · INC1,10,04835.1%Third · Independent19,8396.3%

Turnout 54.0%Electors 5,95,840Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Pratap Chandra Chunder · BLD2,37,78767.5%Hirendra Nath Mukherjee · CPI1,08,02830.7%Third · Independent4,3921.3%

Turnout 56.3%Electors 6,41,747Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dilip Chakravarty · BLD2,25,55658.1%Priya Ranjan Das Munshi · INC1,57,61640.6%Third · Independent5,1821.3%

Turnout 60.9%Electors 6,54,202Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Samar Mukherjee 11dharmatala Lane · CPI(M)2,36,53062.7%Nityananda Dey · INC1,31,79934.9%Third · Independent4,5781.2%

Turnout 58.1%Electors 6,69,642Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya · CPI(M)2,25,58357.0%Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee · INC1,11,08428.1%Third · Independent54,25413.7%

Turnout 66.3%Electors 6,10,328Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dinen Bhattacharya · CPI(M)2,60,07168.4%Jadu Gopal Sen · CPI1,20,25631.6%

Turnout 62.4%Electors 6,28,219Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Bijoy Krishna Modak · CPI(M)2,23,81862.6%Bishnu Charan Banerjee · INC1,17,55932.9%Third · Independent12,5363.5%

Turnout 65.5%Electors 5,60,707Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Prafulla Chandra Sen · BLD2,98,37176.6%Santi Mohan Roy · INC90,93423.4%

Turnout 68.7%Electors 5,80,700Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Abha Maiti · BLD2,30,70463.5%Phulrenu Guha · INC1,32,56736.5%

Turnout 71.8%Electors 5,19,863Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Sushil Kumar Dhara · BLD2,54,04961.6%Satis Chandra Samanta · INC1,35,47432.9%Third · Independent13,9503.4%

Turnout 69.8%Electors 6,03,246Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Guha Samar · BLD2,84,50974.8%Sudhangshu Panda · INC89,99523.7%Third · Independent5,6581.5%

Turnout 66.7%Electors 5,81,866Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Ghosal Sudhir Kumar · BLD1,80,06155.2%Choubey Narayan · CPI1,45,93744.8%

Turnout 58.4%Electors 5,78,798Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Jadunath Kisku · CPI(M)1,59,43346.3%Amiya Kumar Kisku · INC1,11,83832.5%Third · Independent72,78821.2%

Turnout 62.3%Electors 5,75,907Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Chittaranjan Mahata · FBL2,00,98568.3%Pashupati Mahato · INC84,43328.7%Third · Independent3,5321.2%

Turnout 52.1%Electors 5,82,892Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Mondal Bijoy · BLD1,75,66457.0%Shankar Narayan Singh Deo · INC95,58731.0%Third · SUC27,3438.9%

Turnout 53.1%Electors 6,03,383Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Ajit Kumar Saha · CPI(M)2,44,37067.3%Gour Chandra Lohar · INC1,13,99631.4%Third · Independent4,7371.3%

Turnout 62.6%Electors 6,01,160Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Krishna Chandra Haldar · CPI(M)2,18,83363.2%Manoranjan Pramanik · INC1,27,40236.8%

Turnout 53.0%Electors 6,77,500Candidates 2NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Robin Sen · CPI(M)1,63,49259.1%Syed Mohammad Jalal · INC91,26533.0%Third · Independent7,7162.8%

Turnout 44.4%Electors 6,47,254Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Raj Krishna Dawn · BLD1,90,31853.7%Shyama Prasad Kundu · INC1,19,31533.7%Third · Independent44,84012.7%

Turnout 56.9%Electors 6,38,853Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Dhirendra Nath Basu · INC1,79,92749.9%Syed Mansur Habibullah · CPI(M)1,68,04746.6%Third · Independent12,3263.4%

Turnout 64.3%Electors 5,75,293Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Saradish Roy · CPI(M)1,28,96350.2%Durga Banerjee · CPI93,01236.2%Third · Independent22,4658.7%

Turnout 48.4%Electors 5,50,289Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)

Gadadhar Saha · CPI(M)1,36,51749.0%Birendaban Saha · INC1,05,96838.0%Third · SUC19,9137.2%

Turnout 52.1%Electors 5,53,221Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)

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About this data

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1977 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.

The Janata Party's candidates stood on the Bharatiya Lok Dal symbol and are listed as BLD in ECI's report.

Constituencies of today's Telangana (16), Jharkhand (14), Chhattisgarh (11), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.

2 seats were won unopposed, so no poll was held there.

Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.