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Constituency

216. Kanthi Dakshin

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-KANTHI-DAKSHIN

AITC 53.7%won by 19.5%CPI 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.8% to 19.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.9% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.0% to 84.9%.

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

Electorate
2,04,691
Turnout
84.9%
Valid votes
1,73,803
Margin
33,890
19.50%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCCPI swing
+0.7%
AITC share
57.1% 53.7%
CPI share
38.3% 34.2%
Turnout
86.9% 84.9%