Gopalpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Gopalpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of the Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Bihpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur and Nathnagar.^[1] The town of Gopalpur, Bihar is part of this constituency.

Gopalpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 153 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Narendra Kumar Niraj
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

For the constituencies in other states, see Gopalpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency and Gopalpur, Odisha Assembly constituency.

For other uses, see Gopalpur.

Overview

Gopalpur comprises CD Blocks Gopalpur, Naugachhia, Rangrachowk & Ismailpur.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[3]	Party
1952	Vedanand Jha		Indian National Congress
1957	Maniram Singh		Communist Party of India
1962	Maya Devi		Indian National Congress
1967	Maniram Singh		Communist Party of India
1969	Madan Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Mani Ram Singh		Communist Party of India
1980	Madan Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Gyaneshwar Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Rabindra Rana		Janata Dal
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Amit Rana
2005	Gopal Mandal (Narendra Kumar Neeraj)		Janata Dal (United)
2010
2015
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Gopalpur^[4][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Gopal Mandal	75,533	46.39	+5.04
	RJD	Shailesh Kumar	51,072	31.37
	LJP	Sures Bhagat	23,406	14.38
	Rashtriya Jan Jan Party	Sanjeev Kumar Singh	4,002	2.46
	NOTA	None of the above	3,888	2.39	−1.24
Majority			24,461	15.02	+11.3
Turnout			162,823	60.21	+6.38
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Gopalpur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Gopal Mandal	57,403	41.35
	BJP	Anil Kumar Yadav	52,234	37.63
	Independent	Sures Bhagat	6,410	4.62
	CPI	Brahmdeo Yadav	4,462	3.21
	Independent	Amit Rana	3,186	2.3
	NCP	Amarenda Singh Nishad	2,807	2.02
	Independent	Sunil Kumar	2,239	1.61
	Independent	Md. Mohiuddin	1,867	1.35
	NOTA	None of the above	5,042	3.63
Majority			5,169	3.72
Turnout			138,807	53.83

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Gopalpur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Gopal Mandal	53876	47.00
	RJD	Amit Rana	28816	25.14