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Constituency

162. Chowrangee

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-CHOWRANGEE

AITC 47.3%won by 11.3%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.2% to 11.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,07,400
Turnout
56.2%
Valid votes
1,16,557
Margin
13,216
11.34%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−60.6%
AITC share
71.9% 47.3%
INC share
0.0% 36.0%
Turnout
54.4% 56.2%