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Winner — 1969

HARI SHANKAR SHARMA
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 34.8%INC 34.7%3 others 30.5%
Votes
12,680
34.8% share
Winning margin
66
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
45.0%
of 80,863

Gobindganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 66 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI SHANKAR SHARMA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
12,68034.8%
2
DHRUB NARAIN MANI TRIPATHI
INC
12,61434.7%
3
UMA KANT SHUKLA
Left
8,79224.2%
4
VIDHYA KANT DUBEY
Praja Socialist Party
1,2733.5%
5
SAHDEO PRASAD
LTC
1,0372.9%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (34th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 0.1% · max 23.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
34th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
182nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
186th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 34.8%INC 34.7%CPM 24.2%OTH 6.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

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