Constituency
17. Mainaguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MAINAGURI
RSP 36.0%won by 8.4%JNP 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP), which now leads by 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RSP vote shareRSP went from 23.8% to 36.0% of the vote here (+12.1%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 80.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,964
Margin
3,359
8.41%
Candidates
7 contested · winner RSP- 1TARAK BANDHU ROYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP14,37636.0%
- 2BHABENDRA NATH ROY HAKIMJanata Party · JNP11,01727.6%
- 3MRIDULENDRA DEB RAIKUTIndian National Congress · INC9,22823.1%
- 4MATILAL ROYIndependent · IND2,0735.2%
- 5HARISH CHANDRA MONDALIndependent · IND1,8584.6%
- 6BARMADEB DASIndependent · IND1,1642.9%
- 7SADANANDA BAIDYAIndependent · IND2480.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- RSPflipped
- RSP–JNP swing
- −15.4%
- RSP share
- 23.8% → 36.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —