Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Assembly segments

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

  1. (099) Baikunthpur
  2. (100) Barauli
  3. (101) Gopalganj
  4. (102) Kuchaikote
  5. (103) Bhore
  6. (104) Hathua

All the above 6 seats are in Gopalganj district of Bihar.

Members of Parliament


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

Elections results
2019 Indian general elections: Gopalganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Dr. Alok Kumar Suman 5,68,150 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
Majority 2,86,434 27.95
Turnout 10,26,056 55.78
JD(U) gain from BJP Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Gopalganj [1][2]
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

References
  1. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 63. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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