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Constituency

275. Memari

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-MEMARI

CPM 65.2%won by 47.4%JNP 17.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 47.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 17.0% to 65.2% of the vote here (+48.2%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 17.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.0% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
55,573
Margin
26,357
47.43%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMJNP swing
+30.5%
CPM share
17.0% 65.2%
JNP share
0.0% 17.8%
Turnout