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Constituency

170. Howrah Uttar

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-HOWRAH-UTTAR

AITC 46.0%won by 20.0%INC 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 20.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 82.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 67.9%.

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

Electorate
1,98,230
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
1,34,646
Margin
26,959
20.02%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−29.2%
AITC share
49.3% 46.0%
INC share
0.0% 26.0%
Turnout
72.5% 67.9%