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29. Goalpokhar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-GOALPOKHAR

FBL 31.3%won by 9.3%BJP 22.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 9.3%.

  • FBL vote shareFBL went from 2.6% to 31.3% of the vote here (+28.8%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 53.4% of the vote between them, up from 48.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
67,712
Margin
6,268
9.26%

Candidates

11 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1MOHAMMAD RAMJAN ALIFBL · FBL21,20631.3%
  2. 2PURANMAL MAHESHWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,93822.1%
  3. 3SHEIK SHARAFAT HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC12,23418.1%
  4. 4NIJAMUDDINIndependent · IND11,18316.5%
  5. 5SOHRAB ALIIndependent · IND2,9844.4%
  6. 6JOSEPH SORENIndependent · IND1,3091.9%
  7. 7SHAFIUR RAHAMANIndependent · IND1,2881.9%
  8. 8SEKANDAR ALIIndependent · IND8751.3%
  9. 9MAHAMUDDINIndependent · IND8651.3%
  10. 10SINGH HARENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND5920.9%
  11. 11MAHAMMAD ISLAMUDDINIndependent · IND2380.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
FBLflipped
FBL–BJP swing
+6.7%
FBL share
2.6% → 31.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 22.1%
Turnout
— → —
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