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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 101 · 2022 by-elections
Gopalganj
Winner — 2022 by-elections
KUSUM DEVI
BJP 42.1%RJD 41.1%7 others 16.8%
Votes
70,053
42.1% share
Winning margin
1,794
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Gopalganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 1,794 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KUSUM DEVI | 70,053 | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Mohan Prasad Gupta | 68,259 | 41.1% | |
| 3 | Abdul Salam | 12,214 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Indira Yadav | 8,854 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Sanjay Kumar Prasad | PGSP | 1,964 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Jagmohan Mahto | JNJWDIP | 1,805 | 1.1% |
| 7 | Vinay Kumar Rai | IND | 1,593 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Motilal Prasad | BBC | 902 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Pramod Kumar | RJBP | 582 | 0.3% |
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 (141st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.7% · max 46.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
141st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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199th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 42.1%RJD 41.1%AIMIM 7.3%BSP 5.3%OTH 4.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%
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.