Election
Constituency

144. Falta

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-FALTA

AITC 50.2%won by 12.5%CPM 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.7% to 12.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.8% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 88.6%.

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

Electorate
2,12,340
Turnout
88.6%
Valid votes
1,88,183
Margin
23,580
12.53%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCCPM swing
−5.2%
AITC share
55.6% 50.2%
CPM share
37.9% 37.6%
Turnout
85.6% 88.6%