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281. Asansol Uttar

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

WB-ASANSOL-UTTAR

AITC 46.1%won by 13.0%BJP 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.9% to 13.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 73.6%.

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

Electorate
2,49,511
Turnout
73.6%
Valid votes
1,83,666
Margin
23,897
13.01%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AITC
Winner now
AITC
AITCBJP swing
−44.8%
AITC share
62.1% 46.1%
BJP share
4.4% 33.1%
Turnout
76.8% 73.6%