Constituency
181. Amta
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-AMTA
INC 47.1%won by 2.4%AITC 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.1% to 2.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 44.7% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 79.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,37,254
Turnout
79.9%
Valid votes
1,89,475
Margin
4,504
2.38%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1ASIT MITRAIndian National Congress · INC89,14947.1%
- 2TUSHAR KANTI SILAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC84,64544.7%
- 3SUMAN SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,0455.8%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,7940.9%
- 5RATAN CHANDRA MALICKIndependent · IND1,3790.7%
- 6SANJIB SANTRASUCI · SUCI7890.4%
- 7DILIP KUMAR HAITIndependent · IND6740.4%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AITC swing
- −49.4%
- INC share
- 51.8% → 47.1%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- 82.4% → 79.9%