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Constituency

83. Krishnanagar Uttar

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-KRISHNANAGAR-UTTAR

AITC 44.1%won by 6.9%INC 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.6% to 6.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,19,383
Turnout
85.6%
Valid votes
1,87,738
Margin
12,915
6.88%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−49.8%
AITC share
56.7% 44.1%
INC share
0.0% 37.3%
Turnout
84.8% 85.6%