Constituency
516. Mathurapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MATHURAPUR
CPM 48.6%won by 10.7%INC 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 10.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.4% of the vote between them, up from 53.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.2% to 64.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,01,885
Turnout
64.4%
Valid votes
3,87,518
Margin
41,592
10.73%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1MUKUNDA KUMAR MONDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,88,22748.6%
- 2PURNENDU SEKHAR NASKARIndian National Congress · INC1,46,63537.8%
- 3RENUPADA HALDARSUC · SUC44,83711.6%
- 4MAKHAN CHANDRA BAIDYAIndependent · IND5,1371.3%
- 5AJIT KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND2,6820.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +10.3%
- CPM share
- 27.0% → 48.6%
- INC share
- 26.6% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 71.5% → 64.4%