Constituency
22. Kalimpong
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-KALIMPONG
GOJAM 49.1%won by 8.3%IND 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedGOJAM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 81.4% to 8.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 38.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 71.2%.
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Electorate
1,93,742
Turnout
71.2%
Valid votes
1,37,985
Margin
11,431
8.28%
Candidates
6 contested · winner GOJAM- 1SARITA RAIGOJAM · GOJAM67,69349.1%
- 2HARKA BAHADUR CHETTRIIndependent · IND56,26240.8%
- 3KISHORE PRADHANIndependent · IND5,7144.1%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA3,3642.4%
- 5AMAR LOKSOMGRAC · GRAC3,2012.3%
- 6BHRIGU NATH GUPTAIndependent · IND1,7511.3%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- GOJAM
- Winner now
- GOJAM
- GOJAM–IND swing
- −79.1%
- GOJAM share
- 87.4% → 49.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- 75.1% → 71.2%