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Constituency

111. Panihati

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-PANIHATI

AITC 44.7%won by 1.8%INC 42.9%

What changed here

Derived

All 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%.

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

Electorate
2,09,894
Turnout
78.4%
Valid votes
1,64,551
Margin
3,030
1.84%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−56.5%
AITC share
58.3% 44.7%
INC share
0.0% 42.9%
Turnout
81.1% 78.4%