Constituency
278. Manteswar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MANTESWAR
CPM 63.6%won by 39.5%INC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 39.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 8.7% to 63.6% of the vote here (+54.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 99.8% — 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
49,233
Margin
19,450
39.51%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1HEMANTA KUMAR ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,29863.6%
- 2TUHIN KUMAR SAMANTAIndian National Congress · INC11,84824.1%
- 3TRIPTI ROYJanata Party · JNP6,08712.4%
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
- +121.8%
- CPM share
- 8.7% → 63.6%
- INC share
- 91.1% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —