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64. Murshidabad

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-MURSHIDABAD

INC 47.0%won by 12.5%AITC 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 12.5%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.5% between them, down from 88.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,35,052
Turnout
85.6%
Valid votes
2,01,150
Margin
25,139
12.50%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHAONI SINGHA ROYIndian National Congress · INC94,57947.0%
  2. 2ASHIM KRISHNA BHATTAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC69,44034.5%
  3. 3GOURI SANKAR GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,03111.9%
  4. 4BIVAS CHAKRABORTYAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB5,0662.5%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,9661.5%
  6. 6MILIA SAJEMSUCI · SUCI1,6690.8%
  7. 7SUMIT DASIndependent · IND1,1900.6%
  8. 8DHANANJAY BANERJEEBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0280.5%
  9. 9MD MOSARAF HOSSAINLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP6030.3%
  10. 10MD JALALUDDIN MONDALIndependent · IND5780.3%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AITC swing
−33.5%
INC share
46.0% → 47.0%
AITC share
0.0% → 34.5%
Turnout
86.9% → 85.6%
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