Constituency
234. Manbazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MANBAZAR
CPM 43.5%won by 7.2%INC 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 7.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 48.1% to 43.5% of the vote here (−4.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.9% 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
52,157
Margin
3,736
7.16%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1NAKUL CHANDRA MAHATACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,69943.5%
- 2SITARAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC18,96336.4%
- 3SATYAKINKAR SENJanata Party · JNP6,51312.5%
- 4BHUBAN SINGH SARDARIndependent · IND3,9827.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +10.9%
- CPM share
- 48.1% → 43.5%
- INC share
- 51.9% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- — → —