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49. Gopalganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-GOPALGANJ

JD 63.0%won by 28.4%INC 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 28.4%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 63.0% of the vote here (+63.0%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from LKD (LKD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 81.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.5% to 72.2%.

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

Electorate
9,44,046
Turnout
72.2%
Valid votes
6,81,677
Margin
1,93,921
28.45%

Candidates

10 contested · winner JD
  1. 1RAJMANGAL MISHRAJanata Dal · JD4,29,56363.0%
  2. 2KALI PRASAD PANDAYIndian National Congress · INC2,35,64234.6%
  3. 3KASHINATH SINGHIndependent · IND5,1430.8%
  4. 4SHARIF SAHAIndependent · IND3,4190.5%
  5. 5PRADEEP KUMARIndependent · IND2,0270.3%
  6. 6JAMIL AHMADIndependent · IND1,6280.2%
  7. 7RAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,4990.2%
  8. 8CHADURBHUJ PRASSADIndependent · IND1,0990.2%
  9. 9SHIVRAJ PRASSADLkd (B) · LKDB8700.1%
  10. 10SIPAHI RAIIndependent · IND7870.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–INC swing
+43.4%
JD share
0.0% → 63.0%
INC share
15.0% → 34.6%
Turnout
61.8% → 72.2%
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