Election
Constituency

97. Gaighata

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-GAIGHATA

AITC 48.6%won by 15.3%CPI 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 15.5% to 15.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.9% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 86.0%.

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

Electorate
2,24,311
Turnout
86.0%
Valid votes
1,92,949
Margin
29,572
15.33%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCCPI swing
−0.1%
AITC share
55.6% 48.6%
CPI share
40.1% 33.3%
Turnout
88.4% 86.0%