Back to Bihar 2005 (Feb) map
Bihar · Assembly Constituency 241 · 2005 (Feb)

Gobindpur

Winner — 2005 (Feb)

KAUSHAL YADAV
IND
IND 63.5%JD(U) 10.2%13 others 26.3%
Votes
65,224
63.5% share
Winning margin
54,732
53.3% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
49.3%
of 2,08,624

Gobindpur is a safe seat — KAUSHAL YADAV won by 53.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAUSHAL YADAV
IND
65,22463.5%
2
PROF. K. V. PRASAD
NDA
10,49210.2%
3
GAYATRI DEVI
9,1718.9%
4
GAUTAM KAPUR
8,4188.2%
5
SANJAY KUMAR KUSHWAHA
BSP
2,4812.4%
6
HARI DAS
IND
1,2501.2%
7
DEVENDRA YADAV
IND
1,2161.2%
8
KAMLESH PRASAD
IND
1,0691.0%
9
NARESH CHANDRA VIDHARTHI
6570.6%
10
RAMDHANI RAM
IND
5460.5%
11
KRISHNA BALABH YADAV
5430.5%
12
JAY KARAN SHARMA
5320.5%
13
MINA DEVI
IND
4340.4%
14
NARESH PANDEY
IND
4180.4%
15
PRAKAMPAN KUMAR BHASKAR
IND
3180.3%

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.

Average turnout (99th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
53.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 3.8% · max 34.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
99th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
207th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
185th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 63.5%JD(U) 10.2%RJD 8.9%LJP 8.2%OTH 9.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,60,405
Density
568 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,098 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population4.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.7%Muslim 12.4%Other 1.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity10.6%
Sanitation14.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.0%
Children underweight (under 5)37.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.2%
Women literate48.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.2%
Health insurance14.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Crochet Goods🏺Jackfruit

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

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25