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Constituency

33. Hemtabad

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-HEMTABAD

CPM 40.7%won by 6.6%AITC 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 6.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.7% of the vote between them, up from 68.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
2,32,634
Turnout
85.0%
Valid votes
1,97,736
Margin
13,136
6.64%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMAITC swing
−16.1%
CPM share
45.5% 40.7%
AITC share
22.8% 34.0%
Turnout
85.0% 85.0%