Constituency
29. Goalpokhar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-GOALPOKHAR
FBL 39.8%won by 4.2%INC 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedFBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 4.2%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.4% of the vote between them, up from 53.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
69,470
Margin
2,941
4.23%
Candidates
5 contested · winner FBL- 1MOHAMMAD RANJAN ALIFBL · FBL27,66139.8%
- 2NIZAMUDDIN AHAMEDIndian National Congress · INC24,72035.6%
- 3POORANMAL MAHESWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,58423.9%
- 4KALIPADA GHOSHJanata Party · JNP2890.4%
- 5MOHAMMAD SHAMSUL JUDAIndependent · IND2160.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- FBL
- FBL–INC swing
- −9.0%
- FBL share
- 31.3% → 39.8%
- INC share
- 18.1% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —