Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Gopalganj

Nagina Rai (INC(I)) won by 63,820 votes (19.0%).

Electors
7,34,157
Votes polled
3,41,415
Valid votes
Turnout
46.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1980 national median: 19.0% (median 16.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
4.9%(-4.9%)
Turnout
63.8%(+3.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
93.6%

Winning margin over time · Gopalganj

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199941%

Candidates

Candidates · Gopalganj 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nagina RaiWinnerINC(I)1,59,82347.6%
2Dwarka Nath TiwariJNP96,00328.6%
3Abdul GhafoorINC(U)66,23319.7%
4Ramagya SinghIND7,1912.1%
5Chandra Shekher MishraIND2,8410.8%
6N. C. ManjhiIND2,1280.6%
7Sachida Nand PandeyIND1,2020.4%

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