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Constituency

29. Goalpokhar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-GOALPOKHAR

FBL 39.8%won by 4.2%INC 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

FBL 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
69,470
Margin
2,941
4.23%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−9.0%
FBL share
31.3% 39.8%
INC share
18.1% 35.6%
Turnout