Constituency
86. Santipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-SANTIPUR
INC 51.8%won by 9.7%AITC 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.3% to 9.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
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Electorate
2,25,358
Turnout
88.8%
Valid votes
2,00,080
Margin
19,488
9.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1ARINDAM BHATTACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC1,03,56651.8%
- 2AJOY DEYAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC84,07842.0%
- 3SWAPAN KUMAR DAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,4953.7%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,9011.0%
- 5SAOKAT ALIGMM · GMM1,6390.8%
- 6DINESH RAYShiv Sena · SHS8820.4%
- 7NAJIMA BIBI KAYALSDPI · SDPI5190.3%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AITC swing
- −48.0%
- INC share
- 57.8% → 51.8%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- 89.8% → 88.8%