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Constituency

75. Domkal

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-DOMKAL

CPM 36.6%won by 3.5%AITC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.8% to 3.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.7% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 83.8%.

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

Electorate
2,33,841
Turnout
83.8%
Valid votes
1,95,962
Margin
6,890
3.52%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMAITC swing
−43.7%
CPM share
47.2% 36.6%
AITC share
0.0% 33.1%
Turnout
89.5% 83.8%