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Constituency

59. Raghunathganj

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-RAGHUNATHGANJ

INC 47.3%won by 14.3%AITC 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 14.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.2% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.9% to 79.8%.

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

Electorate
2,07,987
Turnout
79.8%
Valid votes
1,66,082
Margin
23,786
14.32%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCAITC swing
−36.7%
INC share
51.0% 47.3%
AITC share
0.0% 32.9%
Turnout
86.8% 79.8%