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Bolpur

Assembly constituency 286 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#286 · GEN
Poll date4 Apr 2016
Contestants8
Electors2,43,165
Votes polled2,01,949
Turnout83.1%
NOTA4,7121.9% of votes
WinnerChandranath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress1,13,25856.1% of votes
MARGIN50,027 votes · 24.8 pp1,13,258 − 63,231
Runner-upTapan Hore Revolutionary Socialist Party63,23131.3% of votes
AITC 64.2% of top-two votesRSP 35.8%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Chandranath SinhaAITC1,13,258 56.1%
  2. 02 Tapan HoreRSP63,231 31.3%
  3. 03 Dilip GhoshBJP19,553 9.7%
  4. 04 Mangal MardiIND1,752 0.9%
  5. 05 Das SureshBSP1,573 0.8%
  6. 06 Sekh Matiur RahamanMPI948 0.5%
  7. 07 Samarjit BarmanSUCI(C)832 0.4%
  8. 08 Md SaddakkasJD(S)802 0.4%

Turnout 83.1%

025507510083.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 83.7%
Male 1.24 lakh51.1% Female 1.19 lakh48.9%

Share of 2,43,165 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males956
  • NOTAreported alongside the total4,712 · 1.9%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 201683.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 2,01,949Verified

Seat history 2026–1977

  1. 2026
    5.4 pp
    Chandranath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2021
    9.8 pp
    Sinha ChandranathAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    24.8 pp
    Chandranath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    9.4 pp
    Chandra Nath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    41.8 pp
    Ghosh Bhakti PadaAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 2001
    27.6 pp
    Bhakti Pada GhoshAll India Forward Bloc
  7. 1996
    24.3 pp
    Bhakti Bhusan MondalAll India Forward Bloc
  8. 1991
    22.1 pp
    Bhakti Bhusan MondalAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1987
    18.0 pp
    Bhakti Bhusan MandalAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1982
    13.2 pp
    Bhakti Bhusan MandalAll India Forward Bloc
  11. 1977
    30.8 pp
    Bhakti Bhusan MandalAll India Forward Bloc

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 87.4% of votes; the other 6 candidates 12.6% between them.

    (1,13,258 + 63,231) ÷ 2,01,949 = 87.4% · 25,460 ÷ 2,01,949 = 12.6%

  2. Turnout of 83.1% was 0.6 pp below the state's median seat (83.7%).

    83.1 − 83.7 = −0.6

  3. The margin widened from 9.4 pp in 2011 to 24.8 pp.

    24.8 − 9.4 = +15.4 pp

  4. Chandranath Sinha 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 8 candidate lines2,01,949
  • NOTAreported alongside the total4,712
  • Published totalVotes polled2,01,949
  • 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

Candidates8 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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