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Gopalganj Lok Sabha Constituency

Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It has been reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Assembly segments

Presently, Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
99 Baikunthpur Gopalganj Prem Shankar Prasad RJD JDU
100 Barauli Rampravesh Rai BJP JDU
101 Gopalganj Kusum Devi BJP JDU
102 Kuchaikote Amrendra Kumar Pandey JDU JDU
103 Bhore (SC) Sunil Kumar JDU JDU
104 Hathua Rajesh Kushwaha RJD JDU

Members of Parliament

Year Name Party
1952 Syed Mahmud Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Dwarika Nath Tiwary
1967
1971
1977 Janata Party
1980 Nagina Rai Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Kali Prasad Pandey Independent
1989 Raj Mangal Mishra Janata Dal
1991 Abdul Ghafoor
1996 Lal Babu Prasad Yadav
1998 Abdul Ghafoor Samata Party
1999 Raghunath Jha
2004 Sadhu Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United)
2014 Janak Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Alok Kumar Suman Janata Dal (United)
2024

Elections results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Gopalganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Alok Kumar Suman 511,866 48.15
VIP Premnath Chanchal 384,686 36.19
AIMIM Dinanath Manjhi
Majority
Turnout 10,59,298 52.32 Decrease3.46
Swing
  1. ^ does not include postal ballots

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gopalganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Alok Kumar Suman 568,150 55.44
RJD Surendra Ram 2,81,716 27.49
NOTA None of the Above 51,660 5.04
BSP Kunal Kishor Vivek 36,016 3.51
IND Dinanath Manjhi 15,600 1.52
Majority 2,86,434 27.95
Turnout 10,26,056 55.78
JD(U) gain from BJP Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Gopalganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Janak Ram 4,78,773 52.99 +52.99
INC Dr. Jyoti Bharti 1,91,837 21.23 +17.00
JD(U) Anil Kumar 1,00,419 11.11 -28.53
BSP Chandradip Ram 16,751 1.85
BED Surendra Ram 16,680 1.85
NOTA None of the Above 17,841 1.97 +1.97
Majority 2,86,936 31.76 +23.34
Turnout 9,03,583 54.60 +17.91
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing +52.99

See also