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138. Canning Paschim

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-CANNING-PASCHIM

AITC 49.1%won by 9.8%INC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 9.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,22,418
Turnout
85.7%
Valid votes
1,90,517
Margin
18,726
9.83%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−43.5%
AITC share
53.4% 49.1%
INC share
0.0% 39.2%
Turnout
86.1% 85.7%