Constituency
47. Manikchak
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MANIKCHAK
CPM 36.2%won by 0.3%INC 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.5% to 36.2% of the vote here (−5.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
45,281
Margin
134
0.30%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1SUBODH CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,41436.2%
- 2JCKHILAL MONDALIndian National Congress · INC16,28036.0%
- 3DURGA SENCommunist Party of India · CPI7,18615.9%
- 4ANANDA MOHAN DEJanata Party · JNP4,1559.2%
- 5TAFAZUL ALIIndependent · IND5181.1%
- 6SUBODH KUMAR MISRAIndependent · IND4991.1%
- 7SHYAMALENDU GHOSHIndependent · IND2290.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +17.4%
- CPM share
- 41.5% → 36.2%
- INC share
- 58.5% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- — → —