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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1990

Gopalganj

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Winner — 1990

SURENDRA SINGH
JD· National Front
JD 73.4%IND 18.1%9 others 8.5%
Votes
72,908
73.4% share
Winning margin
54,956
55.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
62.5%
of 1,58,912

Gopalganj is a safe seat — SURENDRA SINGH won by 55.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURENDRA SINGH
JD
National Front
72,90873.4%
2
AMBIKA PRASAD YADAWA
IND
17,95218.1%
3
JAGAT NARAIN SINGH
INC
INC
6,1826.2%
4
SHEOJEE TIWARY
IND
8100.8%
5
CHANDRA BHAL
BSP
7670.8%
6
AMBICA SHARMA
IND
2690.3%
7
HARISHANKER SAH
DDP
1240.1%
8
BINESHWER CHAUDHARY
IND
1020.1%
9
HAMID MIYA
IND
970.1%
10
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
HMS
810.1%
11
MOTILAL CHAUDHARY
IND
250.0%

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

Average turnout (124th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
55.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.8% · min 7.2% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
124th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
228th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
119th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 73.4%IND 18.1%INC 6.2%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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