Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

West Bengal, 2024

Closest contest

0.4%

Arambagh · AITC

Biggest landslide

46.4%

Diamond Harbou · AITC

Decided by under 1%

of 42 contests

Decided by under 5%

28.6% of contests

Contests

2024 · state

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

0.4%
ArambaghAll India Trinamool CongressBag Mitali
0.4%
BishnupurBharatiya Janata PartyKhan Saumitra
0.8%
BalurghatBharatiya Janata PartySukanta Majumdar
1.2%
PuruliaBharatiya Janata PartyJyotirmay Singh Mahato
1.8%
MedinipurAll India Trinamool CongressJune Maliah
2.3%
BankuraAll India Trinamool CongressArup Chakraborty
2.4%
Cooch BeharAll India Trinamool CongressJagadish Chandra Barma Basunia
3.1%
KanthiBharatiya Janata PartyAdhikari Soumendu
4.0%
KrishnanagarAll India Trinamool CongressMahua Moitra
4.6%
AsansolAll India Trinamool CongressShatrughan Prasad Sinha

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

46.4%
Diamond HarbouAll India Trinamool CongressAbhishek Banerjee
31.7%
JoynagarAll India Trinamool CongressPratima Mondal
21.9%
BasirhatAll India Trinamool CongressSk Nurul Islam
21.4%
BolpurAll India Trinamool CongressAsit Kumar Mal
16.5%
JadavpurAll India Trinamool CongressSayani Ghosh
15.7%
UluberiaAll India Trinamool CongressSajda Ahmed
15.1%
Kolkata DakshiAll India Trinamool CongressMala Roy
13.4%
MathurapurAll India Trinamool CongressBapi Haldar
13.4%
DarjeelingBharatiya Janata PartyRaju Bista
13.3%
HowrahAll India Trinamool CongressPrasun Banerjee

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

Under 1% 37.1%

1-5% 921.4%

5-10% 1331.0%

10-20% 1331.0%

20%+ 49.5%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 2024 Lok Sabha, this state · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled