Constituency
51. Englishbazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011
WB-ENGLISHBAZAR
INC 51.8%won by 12.6%CPM 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 12.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 39.1% — it did not contest here in 2006.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,08,529
Turnout
82.8%
Valid votes
1,72,662
Margin
21,829
12.64%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNENDU NARAYAN CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC89,42151.8%
- 2SAMAR ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM67,59239.1%
- 3GOBINDA CHANDRA MANDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,1165.9%
- 4SATISH RAJBANSHIIndependent · IND2,5271.5%
- 5UMA DASIndependent · IND1,5350.9%
- 6NITISH KUMAR MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4710.9%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −33.6%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 51.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- — → 82.8%