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Constituency

38. Kumarganj

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-KUMARGANJ

AITC 41.9%won by 2.3%CPM 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.2% to 2.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.5% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 85.8%.

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

Electorate
1,79,509
Turnout
85.8%
Valid votes
1,54,022
Margin
3,496
2.27%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCCPM swing
−0.9%
AITC share
46.9% 41.9%
CPM share
43.8% 39.6%
Turnout
89.0% 85.8%