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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 169 · 1990
Gopalpur
Winner — 1990
GYANESHWAR YADAV
BJP· BJP
BJP 26.9%INC 25.3%11 others 47.8%
Votes
29,137
26.9% share
Winning margin
1,793
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
63.2%
of 1,71,275
Gopalpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,793 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GYANESHWAR YADAV | BJP | 29,137 | 26.9% |
| 2 | MADAN PD. SINGH | INC | 27,344 | 25.3% |
| 3 | MANIRAM SINGH | Left | 25,469 | 23.5% |
| 4 | NARENDRA KU. NIRAJ | 13,365 | 12.3% | |
| 5 | MAHESHWAR BHAGAT | IPF | 4,784 | 4.4% |
| 6 | SUBHASH SAHU | IND | 2,984 | 2.8% |
| 7 | JAGADISH PRASAD KEDIA | IND | 1,228 | 1.1% |
| 8 | ANANDI MANDAL | IND | 1,178 | 1.1% |
| 9 | TRIBHUWAN PRATAP SINGH | JNP(JP) | 740 | 0.7% |
| 10 | SUNIL KUMAR MANDAL | IND | 725 | 0.7% |
| 11 | JAI PRAKASH THAKUR | IND | 540 | 0.5% |
| 12 | HIRA PRASAD SINGH | 371 | 0.3% | |
| 13 | BRAHMADEO MANDAL | IND | 347 | 0.3% |
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.
Low turnout (200th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.7% · max 29.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
200th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
155th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 26.9%INC 25.3%CPI 23.5%BJS 12.3%OTH 11.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,36,342
Density
924 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
689 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Muslim 5.9%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.9%
Electricity19.3%
Sanitation28.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.2%
Children fully vaccinated82.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Children underweight (under 5)37.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.5%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.1%
Clean cooking fuel40.3%
Health insurance9.7%
What's nearby?
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