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24. Gopalganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-GOPALGANJ

IND 43.8%won by 17.8%INCU 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 17.8%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 23.5% to 43.8% of the vote here (+20.3%).
  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.8% of the vote between them, up from 54.2% — 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
76,331
Margin
13,595
17.81%

Candidates

10 contested · winner IND
  1. 1KALI PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND33,44743.8%
  2. 2JAGAT NARAIN SINGHINCU · INCU19,85226.0%
  3. 3RAMJEE UPADHAYAIndian National Congress · INC8,42111.0%
  4. 4MOHAMAD SOHRABBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,4737.2%
  5. 5RADIKA DEVIJNPSC · JNPSC4,1745.5%
  6. 6PARAS NATH SINGHJanata Party · JNP2,3873.1%
  7. 7SHEO CHARAN RAIIndependent · IND1,4581.9%
  8. 8RAMADHAR PRASAD YADAV ALIAS RAMADHAR PRASADJNPSR · JNPSR7521.0%
  9. 9AWADH KISHORE BHAGATIndependent · IND2130.3%
  10. 10N.C. MANJHIIndependent · IND1540.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INCU swing
−5.7%
IND share
23.5% → 43.8%
INCU share
0.0% → 26.0%
Turnout
— → —
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