Constituency
275. Memari
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MEMARI
CPM 65.2%won by 47.4%JNP 17.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
55,573
Margin
26,357
47.43%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1BENOY KONARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,23065.2%
- 2SURYA NARAYAN PALJanata Party · JNP9,87317.8%
- 3NABA KUMAR CHATTOPADHAIndian National Congress · INC7,61513.7%
- 4HAMAINUR RAHMANIndependent · IND1,8553.3%
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–JNP swing
- +30.5%
- CPM share
- 17.0% → 65.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 17.8%
- Turnout
- — → —