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29. Islampur

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2021

WB-ISLAMPUR

AITC 58.9%won by 22.0%BJP 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), which now leads by 22.0%.

  • AITC vote shareAITC went from 38.7% to 58.9% of the vote here (+20.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 76.7%.

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

Electorate
2,21,637
Turnout
76.7%
Valid votes
1,69,974
Margin
37,440
22.03%

Since 2016

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
AITCflipped
AITCBJP swing
−4.2%
AITC share
38.7% 58.9%
BJP share
12.5% 36.9%
Turnout
79.4% 76.7%