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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 101 · 2020

Gopalganj

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Winner — 2020

Subash Singh
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 43.5%BSP 22.9%21 others 33.6%
Votes
77,791
43.5% share
Winning margin
36,752
20.6% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
55.0%
of 3,25,040

Gopalganj is a safe seat — Subash Singh won by 20.6%.

Seat history

13 of 22 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.54 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

⚖ Compare 2015 vs 2020

All Candidates

23 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Subash Singh
BJP
NDA (NDA)
77,79143.5%
2
Anirudh Prasad Alias Sadhu Yadav
BSP
BSP
41,03922.9%
3
Asif Ghafoor
INC
36,46020.4%
4
Abdul Salam
JNSNGHDL
2,4501.4%
5
Lalan Prasad Bind
IND
2,4181.4%
6
Waqar Ahmad
IND
2,2771.3%
7
Vivek Kumar Chaubey
TPLRSP
2,1651.2%
8
Sanjay Choubey
IND
2,0151.1%
9
Rajeev Kumar
IND
1,3600.8%
10
Sanjay Kumar Prasad
IND
1,2340.7%
11
Binay Kumar
AIFB
1,1730.7%
12
Shambhu Singh
IND
1,1430.6%
13
Sikandar Ajam
NCP
1,1310.6%
—
NOTA
NOTA
1,0280.6%
15
Md. Hayatullah
BHAIP
8490.5%
16
Sheoji Prasad
IND
8090.5%
17
Raju Kumar Yadav
JP
7270.4%
18
Pramod Kumar
GGP
5710.3%
19
Motilal Prasad
APKSP
5450.3%
20
Mithilesh Kumar Gupta
JAPL
5310.3%
21
Sunita Sharma
IND
4360.2%
22
Imteyaz Alam
RTPP
3780.2%
23
Chandan Singh
HSP
3320.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (141st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.7% · max 46.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
141st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
199th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 43.5%BSP 22.9%INC 20.4%OTH 12.6%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
13/22

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.54 Cr

A 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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