Lok Sabha · WB-20

Dum Dumrenamed

1971 Calcutta North East1977 Dum Dum

1971

HIREN MUKHERJEE

CPILeft

Margin2,2910.8%

Winner votes1,13,23040.3%

ReservationGEN

CPICPMNCO

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	HIREN MUKHERJEE CPI	1,13,230	40.3%
2	PIYUS KANTI DAS GUPTA CPM	1,10,939	39.5%
3	BALAI CHANDRA PAUL NCO	56,490	20.1%

Turnout52.1%Votes cast2,80,659Electors5,38,997

1977

ASOKE KRISHNA DUTT

JNPJanata Party

Margin21,7805.2%

Winner votes2,15,76651.1%

ReservationGEN

JNPCPIIND

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	ASOKE KRISHNA DUTT JNP	2,15,766	51.1%
2	INDRAJIT GUPTA CPI	1,93,986	46.0%
3	BAIDYANATH GHOSH IND	12,254	2.9%

Turnout60.4%Votes cast4,22,006Electors6,98,781

Winner held by2 different parties

Winner flipped1 time

Marginwidening

Turnoutrising

Candidates3 → 3

Margin range2,291 – 21,780

Dum Dum (WB-20): 1971 vs 1977 — Billion Ballots · Billion Ballots