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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Gopalapuram
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
| electorate = 232,058
| year = 2019
| reserved = [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]]
| mla = Venkatrao Talari
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
}}

'''Gopalapuram Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[West Godavari district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], representing the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Rajahmundry (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency]], along with [[Anaparthy (Assembly constituency)|Anaparthy]], [[Rajanagram (Assembly constituency)|Rajanagaram]], [[Rajahmundry City (Assembly constituency)|Rajahmundry City]], [[Rajahmundry Rural (Assembly constituency)|Rajahmundry Rural]], [[Kovvur (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Kovvur]] and [[Nidadavole (Assembly constituency)|Nidadavole]].<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=20, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> ''Venkatrao Talari'' is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074223/http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there a total of 232,058 electors in the constituency.<ref name="electors">{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

== Mandals ==
The four mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| [[Dwaraka Tirumala]]
|-
| [[Nallajerla]]
|-
| [[Devarapalle, West Godavari district|Devarapalli]]
|-
| [[Gopalapuram, West Godavari|Gopalapuram]]
|-
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| [[Taneti Vanitha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2014
| Muppidi Venkateswara Rao
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| Talari Venkat Rao
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly Elections 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Maddala Suneeta]]
|votes = 67,500
|percentage = 52.99
|change = +5.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Abbulu Koppaka]]
|votes = 59,878
|percentage = 47.01
|change = -3.25
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,622
|percentage = 5.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 127,378
|percentage = 76.98
|change = +3.44
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Gopalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Taneti Vanita]]
|votes = 70,659
|percentage = 43.26
|change = +3.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Usha Tigiripalli]]
|votes = 56,006
|percentage = 34.29
|change = -18.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[Kadalaiah Sabbiti]]
|votes = 30,158
|percentage = 18.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,653
|percentage = 8.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 163,337
|percentage = 85.76
|change = +8.78
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Muppidi Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes = 95,299
|percentage = 51.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Talari Venkatrao]]
|votes = 83,759
|percentage = 40.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,540
|percentage = 10.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 186,343
|percentage = 86.91
|change = +1.15
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Sirra Bharatha Rao]]
|votes = 5,882
|percentage = 2.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Muppidi Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes = 74,324
|percentage = 37.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Talari Venkatrao]]
|votes = 1,11,785
|percentage = 56.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 37,461
|percentage = 18.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,99,464
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Godavari district]]

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