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Constituency

119. Barasat

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-BARASAT

AITC 48.4%won by 12.1%AIFB 36.3%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.5% to 12.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 94.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,48,132
Turnout
82.9%
Valid votes
2,05,770
Margin
24,999
12.15%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCAIFB swing
−10.4%
AITC share
58.3% 48.4%
AIFB share
35.7% 36.3%
Turnout
84.5% 82.9%