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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Gopalganj
| type = SLA
| map_image = 101-Gopalganj constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = Subhash Singh
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| preceded_by = [[Kusum Devi]]
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons =
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|101]]
| established = 1951
| electors = 297,051
| abolished = 
}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{coord|26|28|00|N|84|26|00|E|region:IN-BR|display=title}}

'''Gopalganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|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 Block in India|community development blocks]]; Bairia Durg, Uchkagaon, Chhotka Sankhe, Harpur, Sakhekhas, Parsauni Khas, Nawada Parsauni, Luhsi, Jhirwa and Dahibhata [[gram panchayat]]s of Uchkagaon CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Gopalganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 [[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web|title=Gopalganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/gopalganj.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref><ref name="BJP Wins Gopalganj Assembly Bypoll In Bihar">{{cite news |last1=Outlook |title=BJP Wins Gopalganj Assembly Bypoll In Bihar |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/bjp-wins-gopalganj-assembly-bypoll-in-bihar-news-235170 |access-date=7 November 2022 |work= |date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107114334/https://www.outlookindia.com/national/bjp-wins-gopalganj-assembly-bypoll-in-bihar-news-235170 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| rowspan="2" |Kamla Rai
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|1961^
|[[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|[[Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918)|Abdul Ghafoor]]
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Hari Shankar Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Radhika Devi
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|[[Kali Prasad Pandey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |Surendra Singh
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Ramawtar
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Sadhu Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|[[Reyazul Haque Raju|Reyazul Haque]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Subhash Singh (Bihar politician)|Subhash Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|2022^
|[[Kusum Devi]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|Subhash Singh
|}
^ bypoll

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Gopalganj<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Subhash Singh (2025)|Subash Singh]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:96892}}
|percentage = 48.72
|change = {{increase}}5.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Om Prakash Garg|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:67920}}|percentage=34.15|change={{increase}}13.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Indira Yadav|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:14225}}|percentage=7.15|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Anash Salam|party=All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|votes={{formatnum:8079}}|percentage=4.15|change={{decrease}}14.88}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Anup Kumar Shrivastava (supported by Jan Suraaj)|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:5116}}|percentage=2.57|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samata Party|candidate=Sahana Khatoon|votes={{formatnum:1806}}|percentage=0.91|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:2237}}|percentage=1.12|change={{increase}}0.55}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:28972}}|percentage=14.57|change={{decrease}}5.98}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:198872}}|percentage=66.95|change={{increase}}11.92}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2022===
By polls necessitated by the death of MLA Subhash Singh.<ref name="election2022">{{cite news |title=Upcoming Assembly by-polls first battle between GA, BJP in Bihar since change of govt |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/upcoming-assembly-by-polls-first-battle-between-ga-bjp-in-bihar-since-change-of-govt-101664641551891.html |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
<section begin="Assembly Election 2022"/>
{{Election box begin |title=By-election, 2022: Gopalganj<ref name="BJP Wins Gopalganj Assembly Bypoll In Bihar"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Kusum Devi
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 70,053
|percentage = 41.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Mohan Gupta
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = 68,259
|percentage = 40.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Abdul Salam
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|votes = 12,214
|percentage = 7.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Indira Yadav
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 8,854
|percentage = 5.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Prasad
|party = Pragatisheel Samaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:1964}}
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Jagmohan Mahto
|party = Jan Janwadi Party
|votes = {{formatnum:1805}}
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Vinay Kumar Rai
|party = Independent
|votes = {{formatnum:1593}}
|percentage = 0.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 2,170
|percentage = 1.29
|change =
}}{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 1,794
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 1,68,405
|percentage = 50.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj]]<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Subhash Singh (Bihar politician)|Subash Singh]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:77791}}
|percentage = 43.49
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sadhu Yadav|Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:41039}}
|percentage = 22.94
|change = +20.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Asif Ghafoor
|votes = {{formatnum:36460}}
|percentage = 20.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Sangharsh Dal
|candidate = Abdul Salam
|votes = {{formatnum:2450}}
|percentage = 1.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Lalan Prasad Bind
|votes = {{formatnum:2418}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Waqar Ahmad
|votes = {{formatnum:2277}}
|percentage = 1.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = The Plurals Party
|candidate = Vivek Kumar Chaubey
|votes = {{formatnum:2165}}
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanjay Choubey
|votes = {{formatnum:2015}}
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1028}}
|percentage = 0.57
|change = -0.37
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:36752}}
|percentage = 20.55
|change = +17.61
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:178862}}
|percentage = 55.03
|change = -2.73
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===

In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Gopalganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs}}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj]]<ref name="election2015"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Subhash Singh (Bihar politician)|Subash Singh]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:78491}}
|percentage = 45.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Reyajul Haque Alias " Raju"
|votes = {{formatnum:73417}}
|percentage = 42.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jay Hind Prasad
|votes = {{formatnum:3565}}
|percentage = 2.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Om Prakash Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:3240}}
|percentage = 1.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sunil Pandey
|votes = {{formatnum:2937}}
|percentage = 1.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Surendra Ram
|votes = {{formatnum:2844}}
|percentage = 1.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dr. Rajesh Kumar Vernwal
|votes = {{formatnum:1552}}
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1618}}
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:5074}}
|percentage = 2.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:172533}}
|percentage = 57.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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{{Gopalganj district, India}}
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[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
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