1977 Indian general election in West Bengal

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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

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

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[edit | edit source]

Janata Party + Left Front[edit | edit source]

  Janata Alliance

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

Indian National Congress + Communist Party of India[edit | edit source]

  INC + CPI

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress 34
Communist Party of India 8
Total 42

Others[edit | edit source]

Party Seats contested
Socialist Unity Centre of India 2
All India Gorkha League 1
Republican Party of India 1
Independent 78

List of Candidates[edit | edit source]

List of Candidates from Prominent Parties[edit | edit source]

Constituency Janata Alliance INC + CPI
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan INC Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury
2 Alipurduars (ST) Revolutionary Socialist Party Pius Tirkey INC Tuna Oraon
3 Jalpaiguri Independent Khagendra Nath Dasgupta INC Maya Ray
4 Darjeeling CPI (M) Ratanlal Brahmin INC Krishna Bahadur Chhetri
5 Raiganj JP Md. Hayat Ali INC Abedin Anowarul
6 Balurghat (SC) Revolutionary Socialist Party Palas Barman INC Rasendra Nath Barman
7 Malda CPI (M) Dinesh Chandra Joarder INC Pranab Mukherjee
8 Jangipur CPI (M) Sasankasekher Sanyal INC Lutfal Haque
9 Murshidabad JP Syed Kazim Ali Mirza INC Azizur Rahman
10 Berhampore Revolutionary Socialist Party Tridib Chaudhuri INC Sudip Bandyopadhyay
11 Krishnanagar CPI (M) Renu Pada Das INC Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay
12 Nabadwip (SC) CPI (M) 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) CPI (M) Mukunda Kumar Mondal INC Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
17 Diamond Harbour CPI (M) Jyotirmoy Basu INC Biren Mahanti
18 Jadavpur CPI (M) Somnath Chatterjee CPI Mohammad Elias
19 Barrackpore CPI (M) Mahammad Ismail INC Sougata Roy
20 Dum Dum JP Asoke 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 Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
23 Calcutta South JP Dilip Chakravarty INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
24 Howrah CPI (M) Samar Mukherjee INC Nityananda Dey
25 Uluberia CPI (M) Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya INC Nirmalendu Bhattacharya
26 Serampore CPI (M) Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya CPI Jadu Gopal Sen
27 Hooghly CPI (M) 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) CPI (M) 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) CPI (M) Ajit Kumar Saha INC Gour Chandra Lohar
37 Durgapur (SC) CPI (M) Krishna Chandra Halder INC Manoranjan Pramanik
38 Asansol CPI (M) Robin Sen INC Syed Mohammad Jalal
39 Burdwan JP Raj Krishna Dawn INC Shyama Prasad Kundu
40 Katwa CPI (M) Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah INC Dhirendranath Basu
41 Bolpur CPI (M) Saradish Roy CPI Durga Banerjee
42 Birbhum (SC) CPI (M) Gadadhar Saha INC Birendaban Saha

Election Statistics[edit | edit source]

# Constituency
Name		 Electors Poll Date Valid
Votes		 Voters Poll %
1 Cooch Behar (SC) 570,556 16 March 1977 350,184 363,908 63.78%
2 Alipurduars (ST) 523,297 295,162 312,975 59.81%
3 Jalpaiguri 529,606 302,981 315,866 59.64%
4 Darjeeling 624,898 261,953 272,135 43.55%
5 Raiganj 563,672 336,476 347,199 61.60%
6 Balurghat (SC) 557,919 357,661 369,396 66.21%
7 Malda 550,001 358,965 368,914 67.08%
8 Jangipur 565,255 317,291 328,222 58.07%
9 Murshidabad 587,057 351,915 363,744 61.96%
10 Berhampore 645,013 380,587 391,275 60.66%
11 Krishnanagar 534,845 321,433 331,367 61.96%
12 Nabadwip (SC) 635,456 360,854 371,933 58.53%
13 Barasat 609,986 362,741 372,416 61.05%
14 Basirhat 583,782 342,228 351,244 60.17%
15 Jaynagar (SC) 626,050 369,183 380,213 60.73%
16 Mathurapur (SC) 601,885 387,518 397,485 66.04%
17 Diamond Harbour 608,458 379,376 389,100 63.95%
18 Jadavpur 624,264 347,144 356,636 57.13%
19 Barrackpore 650,725 457,519 470,018 72.23%
20 Dum Dum 698,781 422,006 431,362 61.73%
21 Kolkata North West 595,840 313,880 321,742 54.00%
22 Kolkata North East 641,747 352,141 361,255 56.29%
23 Kolkata South 654,202 388,354 398,561 60.92%
24 Howrah 669,642 377,239 389,263 58.13%
25 Uluberia 610,328 395,826 404,839 66.33%
26 Serampore 628,219 380,327 392,237 62.44%
27 Hooghly 560,707 357,512 367,205 65.49%
28 Arambagh 580,700 389,305 398,708 68.66%
29 Panskura 519,863 363,271 373,170 71.78%
30 Tamluk 603,246 412,155 421,330 69.84%
31 Contai 581,866 380,162 388,122 66.70%
32 Midnapore 578,798 325,998 338,254 58.44%
33 Jhargram (ST) 575,907 344,059 358,585 62.26%
34 Purulia 582,892 294,143 303,660 52.10%
35 Bankura 603,383 307,940 320,481 53.11%
36 Vishnupur (SC) 601,160 363,103 376,332 62.60%
37 Durgapur (SC) 677,500 346,235 359,280 53.03%
38 Asansol 647,254 276,773 287,229 44.38%
39 Burdwan 638,853 354,473 363,202 56.85%
40 Katwa 575,293 360,300 369,898 64.30%
41 Bolpur 550,289 256,932 266,128 48.36%
42 Birbhum (SC) 553,221 278,604 288,116 52.08%

Results by Party[edit | edit source]

Results by Party/Alliance[edit | edit source]

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 Template:New 15 15 Template:New
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 -

Detailed Results[edit | edit source]

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 CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 1,88,103 52.40 Pranab Kumar Mukherjee INC 1,58,395 44.13 29,708 8.27
8 Jangipur Sasankasekher Sanyal CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 1,98,830 61.86 Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay INC 1,07,462 33.43 91,368 28.43
12 Nabadwip (SC) Bibha Ghosh (Goswami) CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 1,88,227 48.57 Purnendu Sekhar Naskar INC 1,46,635 37.84 41,592 10.73
17 Diamond Harbour Jyotirmoy Basu CPI(M) 2,67,890 70.61 Biren Mahanti INC 1,11,486 29.39 1,56,404 41.22
18 Jadavpur Somnath Chatterjee CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 2,36,530 62.70 Nityananda Dey INC 1,31,799 34.94 1,04,731 27.76
25 Uluberia Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya CPI(M) 2,25,583 56.99 Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee INC 1,11,084 28.06 1,14,499 28.93
26 Serampore Dinen Bhattacharya CPI(M) 2,60,071 68.38 Jadu Gopal Sen CPI 1,20,256 31.62 1,39,815 36.76
27 Hooghly Bijoy Krishna Modak CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 2,18,833 63.20 Manoranjan Pramanik INC 1,27,402 36.80 91,431 26.40
38 Asansol Robin Sen CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 1,68,047 46.64 11,880 3.30
41 Bolpur Saradish Roy CPI(M) 1,28,963 50.19 Durga Banerjee CPI 93,012 36.20 35,951 13.99
42 Birbhum (SC) Gadadhar Saha CPI(M) 1,36,517 49.00 Birendaban Saha INC 1,05,968 38.04 30,549 10.96

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal[edit | edit source]

# 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 		Indian National Congress

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  2. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: West Bengal 1977". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  3. ↑ Ghosh, Atig (2017). "People, Politics and Protests VIII. LEFT FRONT GOVERNMENT IN WEST BENGAL (1971-1982)" (PDF). Policies and Practices.
  4. ↑ West Bengal (India); Jatindra Chandra Sengupta (1978). West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā. State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers. p. 420.
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