Who won Gopiballavpur in the 1987 Assembly election?

DE SUNIL of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won Gopiballavpur in the 1987 Assembly election with 53,276 votes (57.4% vote share), a margin of 20,178 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

230. Gopiballavpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-GOPIBALLAVPUR

CPM 57.4%won by 21.7%INC 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.8% to 21.7%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

92,875

Margin

20,178

21.73%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM

1DE SUNIL Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,27657.4%
2BIJOY KUMAR SAHU Indian National Congress · INC33,09835.6%
3BHOLANATH MAHATA Independent · IND3,0983.3%
4SUSIL MAHATA Independent · IND2,7653.0%
5GOURHARI DAS Independent · IND3400.4%
6ALOK ADHIKARY Independent · IND1710.2%
7HARI SANKAR MAHATA Independent · IND690.1%
8ASHOK SENAPATI Independent · IND580.1%

Since 1982

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: CPM
CPM–INC swing: −6.9%
CPM share: 50.7% → 57.4%
INC share: 22.1% → 35.6%
Turnout: — → —

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