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159. Bhabanipur

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-BHABANIPUR

AITC 47.7%won by 18.4%INC 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.8% to 18.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 66.8%.

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

Electorate
2,05,713
Turnout
66.8%
Valid votes
1,37,455
Margin
25,301
18.41%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−46.4%
AITC share
64.8% 47.7%
INC share
0.0% 29.3%
Turnout
63.8% 66.8%