| Gopalganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 101 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gopalganj |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 297,051 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Subhash Singh | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Kusum Devi |
26°28′00″N 84°26′00″E / 26.46667°N 84.43333°E
Gopalganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 101 Gopalganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Gopalganj and Thawe community development blocks; Bairia Durg, Uchkagaon, Chhotka Sankhe, Harpur, Sakhekhas, Parsauni Khas, Nawada Parsauni, Luhsi, Jhirwa and Dahibhata gram panchayats of Uchkagaon CD Block.[1]
Gopalganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name[2][3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kamla Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1961^ | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | ||
| 1962 | Abdul Ghafoor | ||
| 1967 | Hari Shankar Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Ram Dulari Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Radhika Devi | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Kali Prasad Pandey | Independent politician | |
| 1985 | Surendra Singh | ||
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | Ramawtar | ||
| 2000 | Sadhu Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Reyazul Haque | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2005 | Subhash Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2022^ | Kusum Devi | ||
| 2025 | Subhash Singh | ||
^ bypoll
Election results[edit | edit source]
2025[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subash Singh | 96,892 | 48.72 |  5.23
| |
| INC | Om Prakash Garg | 67,920 | 34.15 | 13.77
| |
| BSP | Indira Yadav | 14,225 | 7.15 | ||
| AIMIM | Anash Salam | 8,079 | 4.15 |  14.88
| |
| Independent | Anup Kumar Shrivastava (supported by Jan Suraaj) | 5,116 | 2.57 | ||
| Samata Party | Sahana Khatoon | 1,806 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,237 | 1.12 | 0.55
| |
| Majority | 28,972 | 14.57 | 5.98
| ||
| Turnout | 198,872 | 66.95 | 11.92
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2022[edit | edit source]
By polls necessitated by the death of MLA Subhash Singh.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kusum Devi | 70,053 | 41.6 | ||
| RJD | Mohan Gupta | 68,259 | 40.53 | ||
| AIMIM | Abdul Salam | 12,214 | 7.25 | ||
| BSP | Indira Yadav | 8,854 | 5.26 | ||
| Pragatisheel Samaj Party | Sanjay Kumar Prasad | 1,964 | 1.17 | ||
| Jan Janwadi Party | Jagmohan Mahto | 1,805 | 1.07 | ||
| Independent | Vinay Kumar Rai | 1,593 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,170 | 1.29 | ||
| Majority | 1,794 | 1.07 | |||
| Turnout | 1,68,405 | 50.81 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subash Singh | 77,791 | 43.49 | −2.0 | |
| BSP | Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav | 41,039 | 22.94 | +20.87 | |
| INC | Asif Ghafoor | 36,460 | 20.38 | ||
| Jan Sangharsh Dal | Abdul Salam | 2,450 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Lalan Prasad Bind | 2,418 | 1.35 | ||
| Independent | Waqar Ahmad | 2,277 | 1.27 | ||
| The Plurals Party | Vivek Kumar Chaubey | 2,165 | 1.21 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Choubey | 2,015 | 1.13 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,028 | 0.57 | −0.37 | |
| Majority | 36,752 | 20.55 | +17.61 | ||
| Turnout | 178,862 | 55.03 | −2.73 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015[edit | edit source]
In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Gopalganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subash Singh | 78,491 | 45.49 | ||
| RJD | Reyajul Haque Alias " Raju" | 73,417 | 42.55 | ||
| BSP | Jay Hind Prasad | 3,565 | 2.07 | ||
| Independent | Om Prakash Singh | 3,240 | 1.88 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Pandey | 2,937 | 1.7 | ||
| Independent | Surendra Ram | 2,844 | 1.65 | ||
| Independent | Dr. Rajesh Kumar Vernwal | 1,552 | 0.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,618 | 0.94 | ||
| Majority | 5,074 | 2.94 | |||
| Turnout | 172,533 | 57.76 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gopalganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Outlook (6 November 2022). "BJP Wins Gopalganj Assembly Bypoll In Bihar". Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Upcoming Assembly by-polls first battle between GA, BJP in Bihar since change of govt". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ↑ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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