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153. Gopalpur

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-GOPALPUR

JDU 41.4%won by 3.7%BJP 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 3.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.2% to 53.8%.

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

Electorate
2,57,880
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
1,38,807
Margin
5,169
3.72%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1NARENDRA KUMAR NIRAJJanata Dal (United) · JDU57,40341.4%
  2. 2ANIL KUMAR YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP52,23437.6%
  3. 3SURES BHAGATIndependent · IND6,4104.6%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA5,0423.6%
  5. 5BRAHMDEO YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI4,4623.2%
  6. 6AMIT RANAIndependent · IND3,1862.3%
  7. 7AMARENDA SINGH NISHADNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,8072.0%
  8. 8SUNIL KUMARIndependent · IND2,2391.6%
  9. 9MD. MOHIUDDINIndependent · IND1,8671.3%
  10. 10PANKAJ KUMARIndependent · IND1,0320.7%
  11. 11RAMBILASH PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6160.4%
  12. 12NEERAJ KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND5550.4%
  13. 13TEJ BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND5060.4%
  14. 14MD. AISHAANTNRMPI · TNRMPI4480.3%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BJP swing
−43.3%
JDU share
47.0% → 41.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 37.6%
Turnout
56.1% → 53.8%
152. Bihpur154. Pirpainti
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