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63. Gopalganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-GOPALGANJ

JD 50.3%won by 16.1%INC 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 16.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.5% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
9,48,650
Turnout
73.6%
Valid votes
6,97,888
Margin
1,12,650
16.14%

Candidates

13 contested · winner JD
  1. 1ABDUL GHAFOORJanata Dal · JD3,51,24350.3%
  2. 2KALI PRASAD PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC2,38,59334.2%
  3. 3MANDEO TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP95,53413.7%
  4. 4HARENDRA PRASADJanahitha Paksha · JP5,7440.8%
  5. 5RAMASHIS SINGH KUSHWAHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4420.3%
  6. 6KASHI NATH SAHIIndependent · IND1,6130.2%
  7. 7KASHI NATH SINGHDDP · DDP7080.1%
  8. 8BHARAT DASIndependent · IND6910.1%
  9. 9HIRDYA NATH RAIIndependent · IND4300.1%
  10. 10SHANKER SAHIndependent · IND2550.0%
  11. 11RAMA SHANKER SARAMAIndependent · IND2350.0%
  12. 12SHANE AHMAD KHANIndependent · IND2160.0%
  13. 13VIJOY KUMAR UPADHYAYIndependent · IND1840.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–INC swing
−12.3%
JD share
63.0% → 50.3%
INC share
34.6% → 34.2%
Turnout
72.2% → 73.6%
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