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55. Farakka

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-FARAKKA

INC 51.1%won by 17.3%AITC 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 17.3%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.8% of the vote between them, up from 74.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 85.0%.

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

Electorate
1,92,011
Turnout
85.0%
Valid votes
1,63,198
Margin
28,167
17.26%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAINUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC83,31451.1%
  2. 2MD. MUSTAFAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC55,14733.8%
  3. 3INDRANATH UPADHYAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,9529.8%
  4. 4DR. REJAUL KARIMWPOI · WPOI4,0222.5%
  5. 5ALAM KHAIRULBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,9091.2%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,8401.1%
  7. 7MIR MAINUL HAQUEIndependent · IND1,0140.6%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AITC swing
−21.5%
INC share
38.8% → 51.1%
AITC share
0.0% → 33.8%
Turnout
88.9% → 85.0%
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