Constituency
17. Jalpaiguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-JALPAIGURI
INC 45.4%won by 2.5%AITC 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 2.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 2011.
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Electorate
2,41,740
Turnout
86.1%
Valid votes
2,08,216
Margin
5,157
2.48%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SUKHBILAS BARMAIndian National Congress · INC94,55345.4%
- 2DHARTTIMOHAN ROYAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC89,39642.9%
- 3TAPAN ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,0297.7%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA3,3831.6%
- 5HARIBHAKTA SARDARSUCI · SUCI2,5861.2%
- 6GANESH MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,2691.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AITC swing
- −46.2%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 45.4%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- 85.2% → 86.1%