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2017Final results

2017 election for Virginia House District 87

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

John J. Bell (D) won re-election with 61.9% of the vote, defeating Subba R. Kolla (R) by 23.7 points.

John J. BellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.9%18,234
Subba R. KollaRepublican
38.1%11,236
29,470 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2017

Races before and after

EvenR+0.52011R+0.92013D+1.92015D+23.72017D+24.12019D+17.02021

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)