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.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Gopalapuram
Constituency No. 66 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gopalapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	East Godavari
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajahmundry
Established	1962
Total electors	232,058
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Maddipati Venkata Raju
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

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:^[2]

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

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram

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

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram

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

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram

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

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram

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

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram

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

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly