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Constituency

24. Gopalganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-GOPALGANJ

IND 33.6%won by 10.2%LKD 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 10.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.1% between them, down from 69.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
76,403
Margin
7,797
10.21%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDLKD swing
−33.6%
IND share
43.8% 33.6%
LKD share
0.0% 23.4%
Turnout