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Constituency

11. Kalchini

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-KALCHINI

AITC 35.0%won by 0.9%BJP 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), which now leads by 0.9%.

  • AITC vote shareAITC went from 17.9% to 35.0% of the vote here (+17.1%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.1% of the vote between them, up from 55.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 81.3%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,18,280
Turnout
81.3%
Valid votes
1,77,356
Margin
1,511
0.85%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
AITCflipped
AITCBJP swing
−17.0%
AITC share
17.9% 35.0%
BJP share
0.0% 34.1%
Turnout
84.7% 81.3%