Constituency
290. Mayureswar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1977
WB-MAYURESWAR
CPM 47.6%won by 22.7%JNP 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 97.6% — 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
34,988
Margin
7,944
22.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPMSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −24.2%
- CPM share
- 46.9% → 47.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —