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State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Gopalganj
Total Votes Polled:	685446
Winner: JD	Lal Babu Pd. Yadav	298356
Runner Up: INC	Kali Prasad Pandey	178860
Margin: 119496 (17.68%)

The last time the Congress won this seat was in 1984, thanks to Kali Prasad Pandey. Since then he has come in second in every election, always to the Janata Dal. Even the BJP-Samata Party combine could not stop the JD from altering this equation; in 1996, this alliance could manage only the third place.