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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Gopalapuram<br />
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (66-Gopalapuram highlighted).png<br />
| map_caption = Location of Gopalapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh<br />
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency|Rajahmundry]]<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| established = 1962<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 66<br />
| mla = [[Maddipati Venkata Raju]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| electors = 232,058<br />
}}<br />
'''Gopalapuram''' is a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Caste]] reserved constituency in [[East Godavari district]], and [[Eluru district]]s of [[Andhra Pradesh]] that elects representatives to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=20, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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[[Maddipati Venkata Raju]] is the current [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, having won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Telugu Desam Party]]. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (1962)''.<br />
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== Mandals ==<br />
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" /><br />
{{srn}}<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"<br />
!Mandal<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dwaraka Tirumala]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nallajerla]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Devarapalle, West Godavari district|Devarapalli]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gopalapuram, West Godavari|Gopalapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" | Political party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| rowspan=2 |Taneti Veera Raghavulu<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
| Sali Venkata Rao<br />
|-<br />
| [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br />
| Desari Sarojini Devi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| rowspan=3 |Karupati Vivekananda<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br />
| rowspan=2 |Jonnakuti Babaji Rao<br />
|-<br />
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br />
| [[Maddala Suneeta]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br />
| [[Taneti Vanitha]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
| Muppidi Venkateswara Rao<br />
|-<br />
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br />
| [[Talari Venkat Rao]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| [[Maddipati Venkata Raju]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
=== 2004 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Maddala Suneeta]]<br />
|votes = 67,500<br />
|percentage = 52.99<br />
|change = +5.34<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Abbulu Koppaka|votes=59,878|percentage=47.01|change=-3.25}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=7,622|percentage=5.98|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=127,378|percentage=76.98|change=+3.44}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[Taneti Vanitha]]<br />
|votes = 70,659<br />
|percentage = 43.26<br />
|change = +3.75<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Usha Tigiripalli|votes=56,006|percentage=34.29|change=-18.70}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Kadalaiah Sabbiti|votes=30,158|percentage=18.46|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=14,653|percentage=8.97|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=163,337|percentage=85.76|change=+8.78}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
<section begin="Assembly Election 2014"/><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[Muppidi Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
|votes = 95,299<br />
|percentage = 51.14<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=[[Talari Venkat Rao]]|votes=83,759|percentage=40.62|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=11,540|percentage=10.52|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=186,343|percentage=86.91|change=+1.15}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|loser =<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<section end="Assembly Election 2014"/><br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
<section begin="Assembly Election 2019"/><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Talari Venkat Rao]]<br />
|votes = 1,11,785<br />
|percentage = 56.04<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Muppidi Venkateswara Rao]]|votes=74,324|percentage=37.26|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sirra Bharatha Rao|votes=5,882|percentage=2.95|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=37,461|percentage=18.78|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,99,464|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = YSR Congress Party<br />
|loser =<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<section end="Assembly Election 2019"/><br />
=== 2024 ===<br />
<section begin="Assembly Election 2024"/><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[Maddipati Venkata Raju]]<br />
|votes = 1,14,420 <br />
|percentage = 54.06<br />
|change = +3.59<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Taneti Vanitha]]<br />
|votes = 87,636 <br />
|percentage = 41.4<br />
|change = -0.68<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = NOTA<br />
|candidate = None Of The Above <br />
|votes = 4,500 <br />
|percentage = 2.13<br />
|change = +0.00<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = <br />
|candidate = Various <br />
|votes = 1,681 <br />
|percentage = 0.80<br />
|change = +1.28<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 26,784<br />
|percentage = 12.66<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 2,08,237<br />
|percentage = 98.38<br />
|change = +0.61<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Telugu Desam Party <br />
|loser = YSR Congress Party <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<section end="Assembly Election 2024"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:East Godavari district]]<br />
[[Category:Eluru district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]<br />
[[Category:1962 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]</div>
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