Constituency
97. Gaighata
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011
WB-GAIGHATA
AITC 55.6%won by 15.5%CPI 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 15.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 40.1% — it did not contest here in 2006.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,86,186
Turnout
88.4%
Valid votes
1,64,598
Margin
25,447
15.46%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AITC- 1MANJUL KRISHNA THAKURAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC91,48755.6%
- 2MANOJ KANTI BISWASCommunist Party of India · CPI66,04040.1%
- 3SUKHA RANJAN BEPARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,4402.1%
- 4MAHENDRA GAINBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4360.9%
- 5SUMAN LAHAIndependent · IND1,2490.8%
- 6TIKENDRAJIT BHARATIIndependent · IND9460.6%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- AITC
- Winner now
- AITC
- AITC–CPI swing
- −32.8%
- AITC share
- 48.3% → 55.6%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- — → 88.4%