Constituency
258. Sonamukhi
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016
WB-SONAMUKHI
CPM 46.0%won by 4.7%AITC 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 4.7%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 89.0%.
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Electorate
2,10,167
Turnout
89.0%
Valid votes
1,87,035
Margin
8,719
4.66%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1AJIT RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM86,12546.0%
- 2DIPALI SAHAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC77,40641.4%
- 3DEBJANI ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,1188.1%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA4,8112.6%
- 5JAYANTA LOHARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,5751.9%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AITC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–AITC swing
- +9.1%
- CPM share
- 45.4% → 46.0%
- AITC share
- 49.8% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- 91.5% → 89.0%