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88. Gaya

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-GAYA

JD 58.6%won by 38.0%CPI 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 38.0%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 58.6% of the vote here (+58.6%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.3% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 68.9%.

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

Electorate
9,65,265
Turnout
68.9%
Valid votes
6,65,491
Margin
2,52,923
38.01%

Candidates

11 contested · winner JD
  1. 1INSWAR CHAUDHARYJanata Dal · JD3,90,20058.6%
  2. 2JANKI PASWANCommunist Party of India · CPI1,37,27720.6%
  3. 3RAM SWAROOP RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,22,91718.5%
  4. 4GIRDHARI RAMIndependent · IND5,3460.8%
  5. 5RAGHUNI RAM SHASTRISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD2,6700.4%
  6. 6CHANDESHWAR BHAITHAIndependent · IND1,8690.3%
  7. 7RAJENDRA PARSADIndependent · IND1,3620.2%
  8. 8BALDEO RABIDASDDP · DDP1,2970.2%
  9. 9RAM BILAS RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9930.1%
  10. 10DEO RATAN KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9140.1%
  11. 11CHAMARI RAIIndependent · IND6460.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–CPI swing
+38.0%
JD share
0.0% → 58.6%
CPI share
0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
65.6% → 68.9%
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