Constituency
23. Darjeeling
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-DARJEELING
GOJAM 59.9%won by 31.3%AITC 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedGOJAM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 69.4% to 31.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.3% to 67.1%.
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Electorate
2,37,470
Turnout
67.1%
Valid votes
1,59,374
Margin
49,913
31.32%
Candidates
5 contested · winner GOJAM- 1AMAR SINGH RAIGOJAM · GOJAM95,38659.9%
- 2SARDA RAI SUBBAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC45,47328.5%
- 3GOVIND CHETTRIIndependent · IND8,9825.6%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA5,8173.6%
- 5ASHOK KUMAR LEPCHAGRAC · GRAC3,7162.3%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- GOJAM
- Winner now
- GOJAM
- GOJAM–AITC swing
- −47.2%
- GOJAM share
- 78.5% → 59.9%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- 70.4% → 67.1%