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Constituency

259. Gobindpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-GOBINDPUR

INC 29.0%won by 1.5%IND 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.2% to 1.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.5% between them, down from 70.4% — 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
1,26,265
Margin
1,855
1.47%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−44.5%
INC share
57.8% 29.0%
IND share
11.8% 27.5%
Turnout