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Constituency

31. Chakulia

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-CHAKULIA

AIFB 42.6%won by 18.3%BJP 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

All India Forward Bloc held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.3% to 18.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.0% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,00,084
Turnout
75.2%
Valid votes
1,50,500
Margin
27,529
18.29%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIFB
Winner now
AIFB
AIFBBJP swing
−30.6%
AIFB share
52.1% 42.6%
BJP share
3.2% 24.4%
Turnout
75.0% 75.2%