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49. Gopalganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-GOPALGANJ

IND 59.2%won by 36.5%LKD 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 36.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 2.1% to 59.2% of the vote here (+57.1%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 22.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.9% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 16.1% to 61.8%.

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

Electorate
7,85,919
Turnout
61.8%
Valid votes
4,85,309
Margin
1,77,092
36.49%

Candidates

11 contested · winner IND
  1. 1KALI PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND2,87,36059.2%
  2. 2NAGINA ROYLKD · LKD1,10,26822.7%
  3. 3SHASHI KANT MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC72,69715.0%
  4. 4KRIPA MISHRAIndependent · IND5,6021.2%
  5. 5KANSHI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND3,0110.6%
  6. 6BISHWA NATH MANJHIIndependent · IND1,8440.4%
  7. 7SIVABIHARI SARANIndependent · IND1,5920.3%
  8. 8SIPAHI RAIIndependent · IND1,2400.3%
  9. 9MAHESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6590.1%
  10. 10KAPILDEO MISHRAIndependent · IND5960.1%
  11. 11RAMENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND4400.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCI
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–LKD swing
+34.3%
IND share
2.1% → 59.2%
LKD share
0.0% → 22.7%
Turnout
45.7% → 61.8%
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