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51. Gopalganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-GOPALGANJ

INCI 47.6%won by 19.0%JNP 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 19.0%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 47.6% of the vote here (+47.6%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.3% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 16.6% to 45.7%.

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

Electorate
7,34,157
Turnout
45.7%
Valid votes
3,35,421
Margin
63,820
19.03%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1NAGINA RAIINCI · INCI1,59,82347.6%
  2. 2DWARKA NATH TIWARIJanata Party · JNP96,00328.6%
  3. 3ABDUL GHAFOORINCU · INCU66,23319.7%
  4. 4RAMAGYA SINGHIndependent · IND7,1912.1%
  5. 5CHANDRA SHEKHER MISHRAIndependent · IND2,8410.8%
  6. 6N. C. MANJHIIndependent · IND2,1280.6%
  7. 7SACHIDA NAND PANDEYIndependent · IND1,2020.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+19.0%
INCI share
0.0% → 47.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 28.6%
Turnout
62.3% → 45.7%
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