Gopalapuram Assembly Constituency
Gopalapuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.
Maddipati Venkata Raju is the current 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).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Dwaraka Tirumala |
| Nallajerla |
| Devarapalli |
| Gopalapuram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Taneti Veera Raghavulu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Sali Venkata Rao | ||
| 1978 | Desari Sarojini Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Karupati Vivekananda | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | Jonnakuti Babaji Rao | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Maddala Suneeta | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Taneti Vanitha | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | ||
| 2019 | Talari Venkat Rao | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Maddipati Venkata Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Maddala Suneeta | 67,500 | 52.99 | +5.34 | |
| TDP | Abbulu Koppaka | 59,878 | 47.01 | -3.25 | |
| Majority | 7,622 | 5.98 | |||
| Turnout | 127,378 | 76.98 | +3.44 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Taneti Vanitha | 70,659 | 43.26 | +3.75 | |
| INC | Usha Tigiripalli | 56,006 | 34.29 | -18.70 | |
| PRP | Kadalaiah Sabbiti | 30,158 | 18.46 | ||
| Majority | 14,653 | 8.97 | |||
| Turnout | 163,337 | 85.76 | +8.78 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | 95,299 | 51.14 | ||
| YSRCP | Talari Venkat Rao | 83,759 | 40.62 | ||
| Majority | 11,540 | 10.52 | |||
| Turnout | 186,343 | 86.91 | +1.15 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Talari Venkat Rao | 111,785 | 56.04 | ||
| TDP | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | 74,324 | 37.26 | ||
| BSP | Sirra Bharatha Rao | 5,882 | 2.95 | ||
| Majority | 37,461 | 18.78 | |||
| Turnout | 1,99,464 | ||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Maddipati Venkata Raju | 1,14,420 | 54.06 | +3.59 | |
| YSRCP | Taneti Vanitha | 87,636 | 41.4 | -0.68 | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,500 | 2.13 | +0.00 | |
| Various | 1,681 | 0.80 | +1.28 | ||
| Majority | 26,784 | 12.66 | |||
| Turnout | 2,08,237 | 98.38 | +0.61 | ||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||