Gopalganj Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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| Gopalganj | |
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| 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 |
Gopalganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
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
| 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
2025
| 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
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
| 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
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 | ||||