Gopal Rai

Gopal Rai
Gopal Rai
Cabinet	Kejriwal ministry - III
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
	In office; 14 February 2015 – 8 February 2020
Lieutenant Governor	Najeeb Jung, Anil Baijal, Vinai Kumar Saxena
Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments	Environment Forest; Wildlife; Development; General Administration;
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Kapil Mishra
	In office; 14 February 2015 – 14 June 2016
Lieutenant Governor	Najeeb Jung
Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments	Transport;
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Kailash Gahlot
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 February 2015
Preceded by	Naresh Gaur
Constituency	Babarpur
Personal details
Born	10 May 1975 (age 50); Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Alma mater	Lucknow University (Master of Arts)

Ministry and Departments

Gopal Rai (born 10 May 1975) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He served as the Minister for Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration in Government of Delhi under former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He is also social activist,^[1] member of Legislative Assembly from Babarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency) and a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Naresh Gaur	34,180	29.73	−5.37
	INC	Zakir Khan	29,673	25.81	2.05
	AAP	Gopal Rai	25,723	22.37
	PECP	Furkhan	10,017	8.71
	SP	Sunil Vasisht	5,924	5.15	+4.79
	BSP	Bhure Khan	5,019	4.37	−26.53
	Independent	Shagufta Rani	2,744	2.39
	CPI	Absaar Ahmed	794	0.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	460	0.40
Majority			4,507	3.92	−0.28
Turnout			1,14,978	65.89
	BJP hold		Swing	-5.37

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Gopal Rai	76,179	59.14	+36.77
	BJP	Naresh Gaur	40,908	31.76	+2.03
	INC	Zakir Khan	9,952	7.73	−18.08
	BSP	Mohd. Abdul Haq	765	0.59	−3.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	290	0.23	−0.17
Majority			35,271	27.38	+23.46
Turnout			1,28,870	66.99	+1.10
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+29.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Gopal Rai	76,192	53.20	6.19
	BJP	Anil vashishth	57,198	39.9	3.67
	INC	Mohammad Ishraque	8,797	6.1	2.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	474	0.2
Majority			18,994	13.3	9.86
Turnout			1,42,770	66.2	0.43
	AAP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Gopal Rai	84,776	59.39	+0.25
	BJP	Naresh Gaur	51,714	36.23	+4.47
	INC	Anveeksha Jain	5,131	3.59	−4.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	330	0.23	−
	BSP	Dharm Singh	211	0.15	−0.44
	NCP	Zahid Ali	150	0.11
Majority			33,062	23.16	−4.22
Turnout			1,42,872	65.77	−1.22
	AAP hold		Swing	+0.25

v t e Aam Aadmi Party
National posts	Convener: Arvind Kejriwal Secretary: Pankaj Gupta Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta Joint General Secretary: Ishudan Gadhvi
Political Affairs Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Sanjay Singh Gopal Rai Atishi Marlena Durgesh Pathak Imran Hussain Raghav Chadha Rakhi Bidlan
National Executive Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Bhagwant Mann Sanjay Singh Raghav Chadha Narain Dass Gupta Sushil Gupta Ishudan Gadhvi Gopal Rai Satyendra Kumar Jain Imran Hussain Rajendra Pal Gautam Rakhi Birla Harpal Singh Cheema Atishi Marlena Singh Dilip Pandey Dinesh Mohaniya Aman Arora Saravjit Kaur Manuke Prof. Baljinder Kaur Venzy Viegas Preeti Sharma Menon and others
Spokespersons	Saurabh Bhardwaj (Chief Spokesperson) Sanjay Singh Pankaj Gupta Dilip Pandey Bhagwant Mann Preeti Sharma Menon Prithvi Reddy Nishikant Mohapatra Raghav Chadha Anjali Rai
State wings	Delhi Gujarat Goa Himachal Pradesh Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
Chief ministers	Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal (2013-14) (2015-24) Atishi Marlena (2024-25) Punjab: Bhagwant Mann (2022-present)
Current members of Parliament	Rajya Sabha
Political wings	Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti

Political career

Gopal Rai

Cabinet	Kejriwal ministry - III
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
In office 14 February 2015 – 8 February 2020
Lieutenant Governor	Najeeb Jung, Anil Baijal, Vinai Kumar Saxena
Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments	Environment Forest Wildlife Development General Administration
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Kapil Mishra
In office 14 February 2015 – 14 June 2016
Lieutenant Governor	Najeeb Jung
Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments	Transport
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Kailash Gahlot
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 February 2015
Preceded by	Naresh Gaur
Constituency	Babarpur

Personal details
Born	(1975-05-10) 10 May 1975 (age 50) Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Alma mater	Lucknow University (Master of Arts)