Constituency
111. Panihati
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-PANIHATI
AITC 44.7%won by 1.8%INC 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 1.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.5% between them, down from 95.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 78.4%.
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Electorate
2,09,894
Turnout
78.4%
Valid votes
1,64,551
Margin
3,030
1.84%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AITC- 1NIRMAL GHOSHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC73,54544.7%
- 2SANMOY BANDYOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC70,51542.9%
- 3DIPAK KUMAR KUNDU (BAPI KUNDU)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,9059.1%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,8541.7%
- 5JAGADISH ROYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7971.1%
- 6MR. RAJARSHI GOSWAMIAam Aadmi Party · AAP9350.6%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AITC
- Winner now
- AITC
- AITC–INC swing
- −56.5%
- AITC share
- 58.3% → 44.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- 81.1% → 78.4%