Constituency
197. Dhanekhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2021
WB-DHANEKHALI
AITC 53.4%won by 12.9%BJP 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 12.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 88.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
2,73,911
Turnout
85.4%
Valid votes
2,33,838
Margin
30,159
12.90%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AITC- 1ASIMA PATRAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC1,24,77653.4%
- 2TUSAR KUMAR MAJUMDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP94,61740.5%
- 3ANIRBAN SAHAIndian National Congress · INC9,0333.9%
- 4SAJAL KUMAR DECpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,2301.4%
- 5None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA2,1820.9%
Since 2016
Derived- Winner then
- AITC
- Winner now
- AITC
- AITC–BJP swing
- −37.1%
- AITC share
- 57.5% → 53.4%
- BJP share
- 7.5% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- 87.1% → 85.4%