1977
1971196719621957Total Constituencies: 42
West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 1977 covered all 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 29.37% and won 3 seats, while the CPM received 26.15% of the vote and won 17 seats. The BLD won 15 seats with 21.46% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across West Bengal.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 3 | 29.37% | 36.32% | 43,12,418 | |
| CPM | 20 | 17 | 26.15% | 55.41% | 38,39,091 |
| BLD | 15 | 15 | 21.46% | 58.26% | 31,51,318 |
| IND | 32 | 1 | 6.77% | 8.93% | 9,93,450 |
| 8 | 0 | 6.49% | 33.94% | 9,52,997 | |
| FBL | 3 | 3 | 4.30% | 62.68% | 6,31,200 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Cooch Behar (Sc) | Amrendranath Roy Pradhan | FBL | 2,26,521 | Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury | INC | 1,23,663 | 1,02,858 | 29.38 |
| Alipurduars (St) | Pius Tirkey | RSP | 1,67,865 | Tuna Oraon | INC | 1,27,297 | 40,568 | 13.74 |
| Jalpaiguri | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | IND | 1,73,484 | Maya Ray | INC | 1,15,786 | 57,698 | 19.04 |
| Darjeeling | Krishna Bahadur Chettri | INC | 1,09,520 | Ratanlal Brahman | CPM | 91,040 | 18,480 | 7.06 |
| Raiganj | Md. Hayat Ali | BLD | 1,88,694 | Abedin Anowarul | INC | 1,21,570 | 67,124 | 19.95 |
| Balurghat (Sc) | Palas Barman | RSP | 2,06,112 | Rasendra Nath Burman | INC | 1,51,549 | 54,563 | 15.26 |
| Malda | Dinesh Chandra Joardar | CPM | 1,88,103 | Pranab Kumar Mukherjee | INC | 1,58,395 | 29,708 | 8.27 |
| Jangipur | Sasankasekher Sanyal | CPM | 1,55,008 | Lutfal Haque (Haji) | INC | 1,52,822 | 2,186 | 0.69 |
| Murshidabad | Syed Kazim Ali Meerza | BLD | 1,40,927 | Azizur Rahman | INC | 1,04,838 | 36,089 | 10.26 |
| Berhampore | Tridip Chaudhuri | RSP | 2,04,809 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | INC | 1,02,629 | 1,02,180 | 26.84 |
| Krishnagar | Renupada Das | CPM | 1,98,830 | Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay | INC | 1,07,462 | 91,368 | 28.43 |
| Nabadwip (Sc) | Bibha Ghosh (Goswami ) | CPM | 1,93,714 | Nitaipada Sarkar | CPI | 1,06,428 | 87,286 | 24.19 |
| Barasat | Chitta Basu | FBL | 2,03,694 | Ranen Sen | CPI | 87,900 | 1,15,794 | 31.92 |
| Basirhat | Alhaj M.A. Hannan | BLD | 1,68,644 | A.K.M. Ishaque | INC | 1,56,458 | 12,186 | 3.56 |
| Joynagar (Sc) | Sakti Kumar Sarkar | BLD | 1,80,587 | Nirmal Kanti Mondal | INC | 1,19,950 | 60,637 | 16.43 |
| Mathurapur (Sc) | Mukunda Kumar Mondal | CPM | 1,88,227 | Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | INC | 1,46,635 | 41,592 | 10.73 |
| Diamond Harbour | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPM | 2,67,890 | Biren Mahanti | INC | 1,11,486 | 1,56,404 | 41.22 |
| Jadavpur | Somnath Chatterjee | CPM | 2,36,085 | Mohammad Elias | CPI | 97,450 | 1,38,635 | 39.94 |
| Barrackpore | Sougata Roy | INC | 2,95,551 | Mahammad Ismail | CPM | 1,54,537 | 1,41,014 | 30.82 |
| Dum Dum | Asoke Krishna Dutt | BLD | 2,15,766 | Indrajit Gupta | CPI | 1,93,986 | 21,780 | 5.16 |
| Calcutta North West | Bijoy Singh Nahar | BLD | 1,79,681 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | INC | 1,10,048 | 69,633 | 22.19 |
| Calcutta North East | Pratap Chandra Chunder | BLD | 2,37,787 | Hirendra Nath Mukherjee | CPI | 1,08,028 | 1,29,759 | 36.85 |
| Calcutta South | Dilip Chakravarty | BLD | 2,25,556 | Priya Ranjan Das Munshi | INC | 1,57,616 | 67,940 | 17.49 |
| Howrah | Samar Mukherjee 11dharmatala Lane | CPM | 2,36,530 | Nityananda Dey | INC | 1,31,799 | 1,04,731 | 27.76 |
| Uluberia | Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya | CPM | 2,25,583 | Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee | INC | 1,11,084 | 1,14,499 | 28.93 |
| Serampore | Dinen Bhattacharya | CPM | 2,60,071 | Jadu Gopal Sen | CPI | 1,20,256 | 1,39,815 | 36.76 |
| Hooghly | Bijoy Krishna Modak | CPM | 2,23,818 | Bishnu Charan Banerjee | INC | 1,17,559 | 1,06,259 | 29.72 |
| Arambagh | Prafulla Chandra Sen | BLD | 2,98,371 | Santi Mohan Roy | INC | 90,934 | 2,07,437 | 53.28 |
| Panskura | Abha Maiti | BLD | 2,30,704 | Phulrenu Guha | INC | 1,32,567 | 98,137 | 27.02 |
| Tamluk | Sushil Kumar Dhara | BLD | 2,54,049 | Satis Chandra Samanta | INC | 1,35,474 | 1,18,575 | 28.77 |
| Contai | Guha Samar | BLD | 2,84,509 | Sudhangshu Panda | INC | 89,995 | 1,94,514 | 51.17 |
| Midnapore | Ghosal Sudhir Kumar | BLD | 1,80,061 | Choubey Narayan | CPI | 1,45,937 | 34,124 | 10.46 |
| Jhargram (St) | Jadunath Kisku | CPM | 1,59,433 | Amiya Kumar Kisku | INC | 1,11,838 | 47,595 | 13.83 |
| Purulia | Chittaranjan Mahata | FBL | 2,00,985 | Pashupati Mahato | INC | 84,433 | 1,16,552 | 39.63 |
| Bankura | Mondal Bijoy | BLD | 1,75,664 | Shankar Narayan Singh Deo | INC | 95,587 | 80,077 | 26 |
| Vishnupur (Sc) | Ajit Kumar Saha | CPM | 2,44,370 | Gour Chandra Lohar | INC | 1,13,996 | 1,30,374 | 35.91 |
| Durgapur (Sc) | Krishna Chandra Haldar | CPM | 2,18,833 | Manoranjan Pramanik | INC | 1,27,402 | 91,431 | 26.4 |
| Asansol | Robin Sen | CPM | 1,63,492 | Syed Mohammad Jalal | INC | 91,265 | 72,227 | 26.1 |
| Burdwan | Raj Krishna Dawn | BLD | 1,90,318 | Shyama Prasad Kundu | INC | 1,19,315 | 71,003 | 20.03 |
| Katwa | Dhirendra Nath Basu | INC | 1,79,927 | Syed Mansur Habibullah | CPM | 1,68,047 | 11,880 | 3.3 |
| Bolpur | Saradish Roy | CPM | 1,28,963 | Durga Banerjee | CPI | 93,012 | 35,951 | 13.99 |
| Birbhum (Sc) | Gadadhar Saha | CPM | 1,36,517 | Birendaban Saha | INC | 1,05,968 | 30,549 | 10.96 |
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