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).

Parties and alliances

Janata Party + Left Front

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedCommunist Party of India (Marxist)20Janata PartyMorarji Desai15Revolutionary Socialist Party3All India Forward Bloc3Independent1Total42

Indian National Congress + Communist Party of India

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress34Communist Party of India8Total42

Others PartySeats contestedSocialist Unity Centre of India2All India Gorkha League1Republican Party of India1Independent78

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

Election Statistics # Const. Name Electors Poll Date 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 Krishnagar 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 Joynagar (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 Calcutta North West 595,840 313,880 321,742 54.00% 22 Calcutta North East 641,747 352,141 361,255 56.29% 23 Calcutta 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 Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="6" JP+ CPI(M) 38,39,091 26.15 8.14 20 17 3 JP 31,51,318 21.46 15 15 AIFB 6,31,200 4.30 1.60 3 3 3 RSP 5,78,786 3.94 1.90 3 3 2 IND 1,73,484 1.18 1 1 1 Total 83,73,879 57.03 42 39 rowspan="3" INCINC43,12,41829.37 1.17343 10 CPI9,52,9976.49 4.0580 3 Total 52,65,415 35.86 42 3 Others 2,22,649 1.52 9 0 IND 8,19,966 5.58 78 0 Total 1,46,81,909 100% - 171 42 -

Detailed Results ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Cooch Behar (SC)Amrendranath Roy PradhanAIFB2,26,52164.69Benoy Krishna DaschowdhuryINC1,23,66335.311,02,85829.382Alipurduars (ST)Pius TirkeyRSP1,67,86556.87Tuna OraonINC1,27,29743.1340,56813.743JalpaiguriKhagendra Nath DasguptaIND1,73,48457.26Maya RayINC1,15,78638.2257,69819.044DarjeelingKrishna Bahadur ChettriINC1,09,52041.81Ratanlal BrahmanCPM91,04034.7518,4807.065RaiganjMd. Hayat AliJP1,88,69456.08Abedin AnowarulINC1,21,57036.1367,12419.956Balurghat (SC)Palas BarmanRSP2,06,11257.63Rasendra Nath BurmanINC1,51,54942.3754,56315.267MaldaDinesh Chandra JoardarCPM1,88,10352.40Pranab Kumar MukherjeeINC1,58,39544.1329,7088.278JangipurSasankasekher SanyalCPM1,55,00848.85Lutfal Haque (Haji)INC1,52,82248.162,1860.699MurshidabadSyed Kazim Ali MeerzaJP1,40,92740.05Azizur RahmanINC1,04,83829.7936,08910.2610BerhamporeTridib ChaudhuriRSP2,04,80953.81Sudip BandyopadhyayINC1,02,62926.971,02,18026.8411KrishnagarRenupada DasCPM1,98,83061.86Shibsankar BandyopadhayayINC1,07,46233.4391,36828.4312Nabadwip (SC)Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)CPM1,93,71453.68Nitaipada SarkarCPI1,06,42829.4987,28624.1913BarasatChitta BasuAIFB2,03,69456.15Ranen SenCPI87,90024.231,15,79431.9214BasirhatAlhaj M.A. HannanJP1,68,64449.28A.K.M. IshaqueINC1,56,45845.7212,1863.5615Joynagar (SC)Sakti Kumar SarkarJP1,80,58748.92Nirmal Kanti MondalINC1,19,95032.4960,63716.4316Mathurapur (SC)Mukunda Kumar MondalCPM1,88,22748.57Purnendu Sekhar NaskarINC1,46,63537.8441,59210.7317Diamond HarbourJyotirmoy BasuCPM2,67,89070.61Biren MahantiINC1,11,48629.391,56,40441.2218JadavpurSomnath ChatterjeeCPM2,36,08568.01Mohammad EliasCPI97,45028.071,38,63539.9419BarrackporeSougata RoyINC2,95,55164.60Mahammad IsmailCPM1,54,53733.781,41,01430.8220Dum DumAsoke Krishna DuttJP2,15,76651.13Indrajit GuptaCPI1,93,98645.9721,7805.1621Calcutta North WestBijoy Singh NaharJP1,79,68157.25Ashoke Kumar SenINC1,10,04835.0669,63322.1922Calcutta North EastPratap Chandra ChunderJP2,37,78767.53Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCPI1,08,02830.681,29,75936.8523Calcutta SouthDilip ChakravartyJP2,25,55658.08Priya Ranjan Das MunshiINC1,57,61640.5967,94017.4924HowrahSamar MukherjeeCPM2,36,53062.70Nityananda DeyINC1,31,79934.941,04,73127.7625UluberiaShyamaprasanna BhattacharyyaCPM2,25,58356.99Nirmalendu BhattacharjeeINC1,11,08428.061,14,49928.9326SeramporeDinen BhattacharyaCPM2,60,07168.38Jadu Gopal SenCPI1,20,25631.621,39,81536.7627HooghlyBijoy Krishna ModakCPM2,23,81862.60Bishnu Charan BanerjeeINC1,17,55932.881,06,25929.7228ArambaghPrafulla Chandra SenJP2,98,37176.64Santi Mohan RoyINC90,93423.362,07,43753.2829PanskuraAbha MaitiJP2,30,70463.51Phulrenu GuhaINC1,32,56736.4998,13727.0230TamlukSushil Kumar DharaJP2,54,04961.64Satis Chandra SamantaINC1,35,47432.871,18,57528.7731ContaiGuha SamarJP2,84,50974.84Sudhangshu PandaINC89,99523.671,94,51451.1732MidnaporeGhosal Sudhir KumarJP1,80,06155.23Choubey NarayanCPI1,45,93744.7734,12410.4633Jhargram (ST)Jadunath KiskuCPM1,59,43346.34Amiya Kumar KiskuINC1,11,83832.5147,59513.8334PuruliaChittaranjan MahataAIFB2,00,98568.33Pashupati MahatoINC84,43328.701,16,55239.6335BankuraMondal BijoyJP1,75,66457.04Shankar Narayan Singh DeoINC95,58731.0480,07726.0036Vishnupur (SC)Ajit Kumar SahaCPM2,44,37067.30Gour Chandra LoharINC1,13,99631.391,30,37435.9137Durgapur (SC)Krishna Chandra HaldarCPM2,18,83363.20Manoranjan PramanikINC1,27,40236.8091,43126.4038AsansolRobin SenCPM1,63,49259.07Syed Mohammad JalalINC91,26532.9772,22726.1039BurdwanRaj Krishna DawnJP1,90,31853.69Shyama Prasad KunduINC1,19,31533.6671,00320.0340KatwaDhirendra Nath BasuINC1,79,92749.94Syed Mansur HabibullahCPM1,68,04746.6411,8803.3041BolpurSaradish RoyCPM1,28,96350.19Durga BanerjeeCPI93,01236.2035,95113.9942Birbhum (SC)Gadadhar SahaCPM1,36,51749.00Birendaban SahaINC1,05,96838.0430,54910.96

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Pratap Chandra ChunderCalcutta North EastCabinet MinisterEducation, Social Welfare and Culture26 March197728 July19792Saugata RoyBarrackporeMinister of StatePetroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers4 August197914 January1980 See also Politics of West Bengal 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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