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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Cooch Behar Dakshin

Assembly constituency 4 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#4 · GEN
Poll date4 Apr 2016
Contestants6
Electors2,12,291
Votes polled1,76,684
Turnout83.2%
NOTA2,4891.2% of votes
WinnerMihir GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress82,84946.9% of votes
MARGIN18,195 votes · 10.3 pp82,849 − 64,654
Runner-upDebasis Banik All India Forward Bloc64,65436.6% of votes
AITC 56.2% of top-two votesAIFB 43.8%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Mihir GoswamiAITC82,849 46.9%
  2. 02 Debasis BanikAIFB64,654 36.6%
  3. 03 Nikhil Ranjan DeyBJP18,176 10.3%
  4. 04 Maya MajumderBSP5,197 2.9%
  5. 05 Amita DasAB2,703 1.5%
  6. 06 Nazma KhandakarSUCI(C)1,678 1.0%

Turnout 83.2%

025507510083.2%TURNOUT◦ state median 83.7%
Male 1.10 lakh51.7% Female 1.03 lakh48.3%

Share of 2,12,291 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males935
  • NOTAas published2,489 · 1.2%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 201683.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,75,257Residual 1,062

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    11.3 pp
    Rathindra BoseBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    2.5 pp
    Nikhil Ranjan DeyBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    10.3 pp
    Mihir GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    1.9 pp
    Akshay ThakurAll India Forward Bloc
  5. 2006
    22.5 pp
    Dipak Chandra SarkarAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 2001
    15.0 pp
    Dipak Chandra SarkerAll India Forward Bloc
  7. 1996
    5.3 pp
    Mihir GoswamiIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    9.8 pp
    Bimal Kanti BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1987
    10.7 pp
    Aparajita GoppiAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1982
    15.5 pp
    Aparajita GoppiAll India Forward Bloc
  11. 1977
    45.8 pp
    Aparajita GoppiAll India Forward Bloc
  12. 1972
    30.2 pp
    M O Fazle HaqueIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    18.6 pp
    Md. Fazle HaqueIndian National Congress
  14. 1969
    20.3 pp
    Md. Fazle HaqueIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    3.1 pp
    F.HoqueIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    23.6 pp
    Kamal Kanti GuhaForward Bloc

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 45.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 83.5% of votes; the other 4 candidates 15.7% between them.

    (82,849 + 64,654) ÷ 1,76,684 = 83.5% · 27,754 ÷ 1,76,684 = 15.7%

  2. Turnout of 83.2% was 0.5 pp below the state's median seat (83.7%).

    83.2 − 83.7 = −0.5

  3. The margin widened from 1.9 pp in 2011 to 10.3 pp.

    10.3 − 1.9 = +8.4 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: AIFB in 2011, AITC in 2016.

    2011 AIFB · 2016 AITC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,75,257
  • NOTAas published2,489
  • Published totalVotes polled1,76,684
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,062

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,062, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2016 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 294 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2016 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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