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Constituency

160. Rashbehari

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-RASHBEHARI

AITC 44.1%won by 10.6%INC 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.8% to 10.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,05,943
Turnout
66.9%
Valid votes
1,37,857
Margin
14,553
10.56%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−55.0%
AITC share
65.6% 44.1%
INC share
0.0% 33.6%
Turnout
67.7% 66.9%