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156. Budge Budge

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-BUDGE-BUDGE

AITC 44.1%won by 3.8%INC 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.9% to 3.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.4% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.5% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,28,889
Turnout
83.2%
Valid votes
1,90,494
Margin
7,159
3.76%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−56.3%
AITC share
60.0% 44.1%
INC share
0.0% 40.4%
Turnout
83.3% 83.2%