Gopalganj Assembly constituency
| Gopalganj Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 101 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Kusum Devi | |
Gopalganj | |
|---|---|
Assembly constituency | |
  Gopalganj Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 26°28′00″N 84°26′00″E / 26.46667°N 84.43333°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gopalganj |
| Constituency No. | 101 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 17. Gopalganj (SC) |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Gopalganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 101 Gopalganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Gopalganj and Thawe community development blocks; Bairia Durg, Uchkagaon, Chhotka Sankhe, Harpur, Sakhekhas, Parsauni Khas, Nawada Parsauni, Luhsi, Jhirwa and Dahibhata gram panchayats of Uchkagaon CD Block.[1]
Gopalganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[2][3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kamla Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1961^ | S. N. Sinha | ||
| 1962 | Abdul Ghafoor | ||
| 1967 | Hari Shankar Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Ram Dulari Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Radhika Devi | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Kali Prasad Pandey | Independent | |
| 1985 | Surendra Singh | ||
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | Ramawtar | ||
| 2000 | Sadhu Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Reyazul Haque | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2005 | Subhash Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2022^ | Kusum Devi | ||
^ bypoll
Election results
2022
By polls necessitated by the death of MLA Subhash Singh.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kusum Devi | 70,053 | 41.6 | ||
| RJD | Mohan Gupta | 68,259 | 40.53 | ||
| AIMIM | Abdul Salam | 12,214 | 7.25 | ||
| BSP | Indira Yadav | 8,854 | 5.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,170 | 1.29 | ||
| Majority | 1,794 | 1.07 | |||
| Turnout | 1,68,405 | 50.81 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subash Singh | 77,791 | 43.49 | ||
| BSP | Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav | 41,039 | 22.94 | ||
| INC | Asif Ghafoor | 36,460 | 20.38 | ||
| JSD | Abdul Salam | 2,450 | 1.37 | ||
| IND | Lalan Prasad Bind | 2,418 | 1.35 | ||
| Majority | 36,752 | 20.66 | |||
| Turnout | 1,78,880 | 55.03 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Gopalganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subash Singh | ||||
| INC | Asif Ghafoor | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Gopalganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ Outlook (6 November 2022). "BJP Wins Gopalganj Assembly Bypoll In Bihar". Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Upcoming Assembly by-polls first battle between GA, BJP in Bihar since change of govt". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
- ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.