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Gopalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Gopalganj | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Gopalganj Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 26°28′00″N 84°26′00″E / 26.46667°N 84.43333°ECoordinates: 26°28′00″N 84°26′00″E / 26.46667°N 84.43333°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gopalganj |
| Constituency No. | 101 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 17. Gopalganj (SC) |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Gopalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Gopalganj will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]
Overview[edit]
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 101 Gopalganj (Vidhan Sabha 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.[3]
Gopalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[3]
Election results[edit]
1977-2015[edit]
In the November 2015 and November 2010 and October 2005 state assembly elections, Subhas Singh of BJP won the Gopalganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Reyazul Haque of RJD. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Reyazul Haque representing BSP defeated Subhas Singh representing LJP in February 2005. Anirudh Prasad (Sadhu Yadav) of RJD defeated Subhas Singh representing BPSP in 2000. Ramawtar of JD defeated Putul Debi of Congress in 1995. of JD defeated Ambika Prasad Yadawa, Independent, in 1990. Surendra Singh, Independent, defeated Ambika Prasad Yadawa of LD in 1985. Kali Prasad Pandey, Independent, defeated Jagat Narain Singh of Congress(U) in 1980. Radhika Devi of JP defeated Kali Prasad Pandey, Independent in 1977.[4][5] The former Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Satyendra Narain Sinha represented this Constituency in second Vidhan sabha.
References[edit]
- ↑ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
- ↑ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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.
- ↑ "Bihar - Gopalganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "24 - Gopalganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
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