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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Kulti

Assembly constituency 282 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#282 · GEN
Poll date4 Apr 2016
Contestants6
Electors2,27,328
Votes polled1,66,115
Turnout73.1%
NOTA2,8481.3% of votes
WinnerUjjal ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress68,95241.5% of votes
MARGIN19,488 votes · 11.7 pp68,952 − 49,464
Runner-upAjay Kumar Poddar Bharatiya Janata Party49,46429.8% of votes
AITC 58.2% of top-two votesBJP 41.8%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Ujjal ChatterjeeAITC68,952 41.5%
  2. 02 Ajay Kumar PoddarBJP49,464 29.8%
  3. 03 Abhijit Acharyya(BAPPA)INC42,895 25.8%
  4. 04 Md. Shakil AnsariJMM1,896 1.1%
  5. 05 Kallol RaySUCI(C)1,629 1.0%
  6. 06 Sajal DasIND1,279 0.8%

Turnout 73.1%

025507510073.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 83.7%
Male 1.22 lakh53.7% Female 1.05 lakh46.3%

Share of 2,27,328 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males863
  • NOTAreported alongside the total2,848 · 1.3%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 201683.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,66,115Verified

Seat history 2026–1977

  1. 2026
    13.9 pp
    Ajay Kumar PoddarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    0.4 pp
    Ajay Kumar PoddarBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    11.7 pp
    Ujjal ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    20.6 pp
    Ujjal ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    25.3 pp
    Tamal Chandra MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    11.0 pp
    Tamal Chandra MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1996
    19.5 pp
    Majhi TamalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1991
    32.4 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1987
    26.9 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    12.6 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    41.6 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 42,895 votes, 2.2× the 19,488-vote margin.

    42,895 ÷ 19,488 = 2.2

  2. The top two polled 71.3% of votes; the other 4 candidates 28.7% between them.

    (68,952 + 49,464) ÷ 1,66,115 = 71.3% · 47,699 ÷ 1,66,115 = 28.7%

  3. Turnout of 73.1% was 10.6 pp below the state's median seat (83.7%).

    73.1 − 83.7 = −10.6

  4. The margin narrowed from 20.6 pp in 2011 to 11.7 pp.

    11.7 − 20.6 = −8.9 pp

  5. Ujjal Chatterjee also won in 2011.

    2011 winner name = 2016 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,66,115
  • NOTAreported alongside the total2,848
  • Published totalVotes polled1,66,115
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside 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: Verified

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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