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Constituency

199. Pursurah

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-PURSURAH

AITC 51.1%won by 14.1%INC 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 14.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 37.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 86.3%.

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

Electorate
2,38,626
Turnout
86.3%
Valid votes
2,06,014
Margin
29,127
14.14%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCINC swing
−42.1%
AITC share
56.3% 51.1%
INC share
0.0% 37.0%
Turnout
89.5% 86.3%