GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Gopalganj
Abdul Ghafoor (JD) won by 1,12,650 votes (16.1%).
- Electors
- 9,48,650
- Votes polled
- 7,10,378
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 74.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1991 national median: 16.1% (median 10.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1991 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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul GhafoorWinner | JD | 3,51,243 | 50.3% |
| 2 | Kali Prasad Pandey | INC | 2,38,593 | 34.2% |
| 3 | Mandeo Tiwari | BJP | 95,534 | 13.7% |
| 4 | Harendra Prasad | JP | 5,744 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Ramashis Singh Kushwaha | BSP | 2,442 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Kashi Nath Sahi | IND | 1,613 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Kashi Nath Singh | DDP | 708 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Bharat Das | IND | 691 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Hirdya Nath Rai | IND | 430 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Shanker Sah | IND | 255 | 0.0% |
| 11 | Rama Shanker Sarama | IND | 235 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Shane Ahmad Khan | IND | 216 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Vijoy Kumar Upadhyay | IND | 184 | 0.0% |
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