GobindganjAssembly by-election result, 1998
Bhupendra Nath Dubey (SAP) won Gobindganj in the 1998 assembly by-election with 65.8% of the vote, beating Yogendra Pandey (RJD) by 30,844 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 20 was Harsidhi. It kept its number when seats were renumbered in 2005, after Jharkhand became a separate state. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2005. From 2010, seat no. 20 is Chiraia. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Bhupendra Nath Dubey won by 34.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhupendra Nath Dubey | 59,23165.8% | |
| 2 | Yogendra Pandey | 28,38731.5% | |
| 3 | Shailendra Kumar Shukla | 2,1222.4% | |
| 4 | Rohit Ram IND | IND | 3030.3% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
SAP and RJD took 97% of the votes.
Parties in the race 1.88 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2010. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2010, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Gobindganj, 1977–2005
- 1977RAMASHANKAR PANDEY (INC), margin 21.3%
- 1980RAMASHANKAR PANDEY (INC(I)), margin 5.3%
- 1985YOGENDRA PANDEY (IND), margin 6.7%
- 1990YOGENDRA PANDEY (JD), margin 8.5%
- 1995DEVENDRA NATH DUBEY (SAP), margin 13.7%
- 2000RAJAN TIWARI (IND), margin 3.0%
- 2005 (Feb)MINA DVIWEDI (JD(U)), margin 9.3%
- 2005 (Oct)MEENA DEVI (JD(U)), margin 18.0%