Constituency
108. Barrackpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-BARRACKPUR
AITC 40.2%won by 5.1%CPM 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.3% to 5.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.4% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 71.8%.
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Electorate
2,01,231
Turnout
71.8%
Valid votes
1,44,444
Margin
7,319
5.07%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AITC- 1SILBHADRA DATTAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC58,10940.2%
- 2DEBASISH BHOWMICKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,79035.2%
- 3AMITAVA ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,22720.2%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,7331.9%
- 5TAPAS SARKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3841.0%
- 6SHYAM SUNDAR SHAW (LALI)Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,2490.9%
- 7BRAHMDEO GUPTAIndependent · IND9520.7%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AITC
- Winner now
- AITC
- AITC–CPM swing
- −22.2%
- AITC share
- 60.0% → 40.2%
- CPM share
- 32.8% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- 77.8% → 71.8%