Constituency
24. Kurseong
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-KURSEONG
GOJAM 53.0%won by 20.6%AITC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedGOJAM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 60.3% to 20.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 72.6%.
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Electorate
2,25,802
Turnout
72.6%
Valid votes
1,63,973
Margin
33,726
20.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner GOJAM- 1ROHIT SHARMAGOJAM · GOJAM86,94753.0%
- 2SHANTA CHHETRIAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC53,22132.5%
- 3ARUN KUMAR GHATANIIndependent · IND12,2197.5%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA7,4264.5%
- 5DHURBA DEWANGRAC · GRAC4,1602.5%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- GOJAM
- Winner now
- GOJAM
- GOJAM–AITC swing
- −53.4%
- GOJAM share
- 74.0% → 53.0%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- 78.2% → 72.6%