Constituency
231. Ghatal
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011
WB-GHATAL
AITC 52.2%won by 8.4%CPM 43.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), which now leads by 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AITC vote shareAITC went from 0.0% to 52.2% of the vote here (+52.2%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 2006.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,24,916
Turnout
86.3%
Valid votes
1,94,001
Margin
16,277
8.39%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AITC- 1SHANKAR DOLAIAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC1,01,35552.2%
- 2CHHABI PAKHIRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM85,07843.9%
- 3ASHOK MALIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,5842.4%
- 4MAHITOSH BAURIPDS · PDS2,9841.5%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- AITCflipped
- AITC–CPM swing
- +8.4%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 52.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- Turnout
- — → 86.3%