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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 259 · 1980

Gobindpur

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Winner — 1980

GAYATRI DEVI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 46.5%BJP 19.4%11 others 34.1%
Votes
42,019
46.5% share
Winning margin
24,484
27.1% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
62.7%
of 1,44,151

Gobindpur is a safe seat — GAYATRI DEVI won by 27.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAYATRI DEVI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
42,01946.5%
2
LAXMI NARAYAN SINGH
BJP
BJP
17,53519.4%
3
KRISHAN CHANDRA MAHTO
CPI
Left
9,74310.8%
4
AMRIT PRASAD
INC(U)
9,31110.3%
5
SITA RAM PRASAD AKELA
JNP(SC)
7,0397.8%
6
RAMSWARUP PRASAD YADAV
IND
2,5202.8%
7
BHATTU MAHTO
JNP(JP)
5230.6%
8
ARJUN YADAV
IND
4310.5%
9
MAHABIR PRASAD YADAV
JNP(SR)
3870.4%
10
SARDAR BILASH SINGH
IND
3120.3%
11
ABHIMANUA PRASAD
IND
3100.3%
12
GAUTAM MISHRA
IND
1410.2%
13
NARESH KUMAR SINGH
IND
690.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.1%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.0% · min 1.5% · max 45.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.93
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.5%BJP 19.4%CPI 10.8%INC(U) 10.3%JNP(SC) 7.8%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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