GOPALGANJ
Constituency no. 17 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1962.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called GOPALGANJ. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 15 results.
Winner, 1999
Raghunath Jha
JD(U)
Elections held
14
1962–2024
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 3 of 14
Margin, 1999
36,124
4.87% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
RJDKali Prasad Pandey
- Votes
- 3,28,983
- Vote share
- 44.35%
- Behind by
- 36,124
Electors
11,76,915
Total votes polled
7,41,844
Valid votes
7,41,844
NOTA votes
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Turnout
63.0%
Full result, 1999
6 candidates · 7,41,844 valid votes
Raghunath JhaJD(U)won
3,65,107
49.2%
Kali Prasad PandeyRJD
3,28,983
44.4%
Satraj SinghCPI(ML)(L)
29,990
4.0%
Chhathu SahBSP
11,058
1.5%
Ashok KumarIND
5,908
0.8%
Ramadhar YadavIND
798
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN | JD(U) | 5,11,866 | 48.15% | PREM NATH CHANCHAL ALIAS CHANCHAL PASWAN | 1,27,180 |
| 2009 | PURNMASI RAM | JD(U) | 2,00,024 | 39.64% | ANIL KUMAR | 42,472 |
| 2004 | ANIRUDH PRASAD ALIAS SADHU YADAV | RJD | 3,36,016 | 48.38% | PRABHU DAYAL SINGH | 1,92,919 |
| 1999 | Raghunath Jha | JD(U) | 3,65,107 | 49.22% | Kali Prasad Pandey | 36,124 |
| 1998 | ABDUL GHAFOOR | SAP | 3,22,012 | 45.67% | LAL BABU PD. YADAV | 68,605 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
