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Constituency

208. Mahisadal

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-MAHISADAL

AITC 48.1%won by 8.5%IND 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 8.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 39.6% — it polled just 0.8% in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.0% to 89.1%.

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

Electorate
2,21,346
Turnout
89.1%
Valid votes
1,97,146
Margin
16,709
8.48%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCIND swing
−46.0%
AITC share
55.3% 48.1%
IND share
0.8% 39.6%
Turnout
91.1% 89.1%