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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-SILIGURI

CPM 46.4%won by 8.4%AITC 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 8.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.4% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
2,08,719
Turnout
80.7%
Valid votes
1,68,350
Margin
14,072
8.36%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ASOK BHATTACHARYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM78,05446.4%
  2. 2BHAICHUNG BHUTIAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC63,98238.0%
  3. 3GITA CHATTERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,30011.5%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,8771.7%
  5. 5RABINDRA RAIGRAC · GRAC9240.5%
  6. 6HARIDAS THAKURBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8320.5%
  7. 7MAHENDRA KUMAR JAINJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6180.4%
  8. 8MD. ZAFAR EQBALIndependent · IND4990.3%
  9. 9VISHWJEET CHATTERJIAMB · AMB4910.3%
  10. 10TANMAY DUTTASUCI · SUCI4390.3%
  11. 11DASARATH KARMAKARAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM3340.2%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–AITC swing
+11.7%
CPM share
44.7% → 46.4%
AITC share
48.1% → 38.0%
Turnout
81.3% → 80.7%
25. Matigara-Naxalbari27. Phansidewa
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