Gopalganj Assembly constituency explained

Gopalganj
Type:SLA
Mla:Kusum Devi
State:Bihar
District:Gopalganj
Constituency No:101
Established:1951
Reservation:None

26.4667°N 84.4333°W

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 the Legislative Assembly

YearName[2] [3] Party
1952Kamla Rai
1957
1961^Satyendra Narayan Sinha
1962Abdul Ghafoor
1967Hari Shankar Singh
1969Ram Dulari Sinha
1972
1977Radhika Devi
1980Kali Prasad Pandey
1985Surendra Singh
1990
1995Ramawtar
2000Sadhu Yadav
2005Reyazul Haque
2005
2010
2015
2020
2022^Kusum Devi
^ bypoll

Election results

2022

By polls necessitated by the death of MLA Subhash Singh.[4]

2015

In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Gopalganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[5] [6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2011-01-10 .
  2. Web site: Gopalganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.
  3. News: Outlook . BJP Wins Gopalganj Assembly Bypoll In Bihar . 7 November 2022 . 6 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221107114334/https://www.outlookindia.com/national/bjp-wins-gopalganj-assembly-bypoll-in-bihar-news-235170 . 7 November 2022 . en.
  4. News: Upcoming Assembly by-polls first battle between GA, BJP in Bihar since change of govt . 3 October 2022 . Hindustan Times . 1 October 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs.
  6. Web site: General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg..