Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Gopalganj (Bihar) was won by Dr. Alok Kumar Suman (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 286,434 votes over Surendra Ram. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Gopalganj, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Dr. Syed Mahmud
Indian National Congress
83,520
62.2%
Siya Bihari Sharan (Praja Socialist Party)
48,442 (36.1 pts)
1962
Dwaika Nath Tiwari
Indian National Congress
96,753
48.7%
Siya Bihari Saran (Praja Socialist Party)
38,617 (19.4 pts)
1967
D. N. Tiwary
Indian National Congress
71,957
29.9%
C. Singh (Samyukta Socialist Party)
3,016 (1.2 pts)
1971
Dwarika Nath Tiwary
Indian National Congress
191,101
61.6%
Sabha Pati Singh (Samyukta Socialist Party)
80,546 (26.0 pts)
1977
Dwarikanath Tiwary
Bharatiya Lok Dal
294,466
70.1%
Abdul Ghafoor (Indian National Congress)
172,992 (41.2 pts)
1980
Nagina Rai
Congress (I)
159,823
47.6%
Dwarka Nath Tiwari (Janata Party)
63,820 (19.0 pts)
1984
Kali Prasad Pandey
Independent
287,360
59.2%
Nagina Roy (LKD)
177,092 (36.5 pts)
1989
Rajmangal Mishra
Janata Dal
429,563
63.0%
Kali Prasad Panday (Indian National Congress)
193,921 (28.4 pts)
1991
Abdul Ghafoor
Janata Dal
351,243
50.3%
Kali Prasad Pandey (Indian National Congress)
112,650 (16.1 pts)
1996
Lal Babu Pd. Yadav
Janata Dal
298,356
44.1%
Kali Prasad Pandey (Indian National Congress)
119,496 (17.7 pts)
1998
Abdul Ghafoor
SAP
322,012
45.7%
Lal Babu Pd. Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
68,605 (9.7 pts)
1999
Raghunath Jha
Janata Dal (United)
365,107
49.2%
Kali Prasad Pandey (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
36,124 (4.9 pts)
2004
Anirudh Prasad Alias Sadhu Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
336,016
48.4%
Prabhu Dayal Singh (Janata Dal (United))
192,919 (27.8 pts)
2009
Purnmasi Ram
Janata Dal (United)
200,024
39.6%
Anil Kumar (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
42,472 (8.4 pts)
2014
Janak Ram
Bharatiya Janata Party
478,773
53.0%
Dr. Jyoti Bharti (Indian National Congress)
286,936 (31.8 pts)
2019
Dr. Alok Kumar Suman
Janata Dal (United)
568,150
58.4%
Surendra Ram (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
286,434 (29.4 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Syed Mahmud
Indian National Congress
83,520
62.2%
Siya Bihari Sharan
Praja Socialist Party
35,078
26.1%
Dharmdeo Barma
Communist Party of India
15,629
11.6%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dwaika Nath Tiwari
Indian National Congress
96,753
48.7%
Siya Bihari Saran
Praja Socialist Party
58,136
29.3%
Ram Chandra Tiwari
Swatantra Party
43,701
22.0%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
D. N. Tiwary
Indian National Congress
71,957
29.9%
C. Singh
Samyukta Socialist Party
68,941
28.7%
A. K. Jain
Independent
61,180
25.5%
J. Pratishasta
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
26,548
11.0%
K. Pandey
Swatantra Party
11,762
4.9%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dwarika Nath Tiwary
Indian National Congress
191,101
61.6%
Sabha Pati Singh
Samyukta Socialist Party
110,555
35.6%
Badri Narain
Independent
2,390
0.8%
M. N. Ahmad Gani
Congress (O)
2,113
0.7%
Deo Narain Prasad Verma
BKD
2,098
0.7%
Dr. Raj Bainshi Pande
Independent
1,940
0.6%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dwarikanath Tiwary
Bharatiya Lok Dal
294,466
70.1%
Abdul Ghafoor
Indian National Congress
121,474
28.9%
Ramdya Singh
Independent
4,222
1.0%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nagina Rai
Congress (I)
159,823
47.6%
Dwarka Nath Tiwari
Janata Party
96,003
28.6%
Abdul Ghafoor
Congress (U)
66,233
19.7%
Ramagya Singh
Independent
7,191
2.1%
Chandra Shekher Mishra
Independent
2,841
0.8%
N. C. Manjhi
Independent
2,128
0.6%
Sachida Nand Pandey
Independent
1,202
0.4%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kali Prasad Pandey
Independent
287,360
59.2%
Nagina Roy
LKD
110,268
22.7%
Shashi Kant Mishra
Indian National Congress
72,697
15.0%
Kripa Mishra
Independent
5,602
1.2%
Kanshi Nath Singh
Independent
3,011
0.6%
Bishwa Nath Manjhi
Independent
1,844
0.4%
Sivabihari Saran
Independent
1,592
0.3%
Sipahi Rai
Independent
1,240
0.3%
Maheshwar Singh
Independent
659
0.1%
Kapildeo Mishra
Independent
596
0.1%
Ramendra Singh
Independent
440
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajmangal Mishra
Janata Dal
429,563
63.0%
Kali Prasad Panday
Indian National Congress
235,642
34.6%
Kashinath Singh
Independent
5,143
0.8%
Sharif Saha
Independent
3,419
0.5%
Pradeep Kumar
Independent
2,027
0.3%
Jamil Ahmad
Independent
1,628
0.2%
Rameshwar Singh
Independent
1,499
0.2%
Chadurbhuj Prassad
Independent
1,099
0.2%
Shivraj Prassad
LKD (B)
870
0.1%
Sipahi Rai
Independent
787
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abdul Ghafoor
Janata Dal
351,243
50.3%
Kali Prasad Pandey
Indian National Congress
238,593
34.2%
Mandeo Tiwari
Bharatiya Janata Party
95,534
13.7%
Harendra Prasad
Janata Party
5,744
0.8%
Ramashis Singh Kushwaha
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,442
0.3%
Kashi Nath Sahi
Independent
1,613
0.2%
Kashi Nath Singh
DDP
708
0.1%
Bharat Das
Independent
691
0.1%
Hirdya Nath Rai
Independent
430
0.1%
Shanker Sah
Independent
255
0.0%
Rama Shanker Sarama
Independent
235
0.0%
Shane Ahmad Khan
Independent
216
0.0%
Vijoy Kumar Upadhyay
Independent
184
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lal Babu Pd. Yadav
Janata Dal
298,356
44.1%
Kali Prasad Pandey
Indian National Congress
178,860
26.5%
Abdul Gaffur
SAP
151,418
22.4%
Santraj Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
22,420
3.3%
Naresh Kumar Parmarthi
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,243
0.8%
Tirthraj Singh
Independent
3,265
0.5%
Gorakh Chaudhary
Independent
3,227
0.5%
Ashok Kumar
Independent
2,808
0.4%
Julphekar Haidar
Independent
1,352
0.2%
Noor Alam Raj
Independent
1,267
0.2%
Kanhiya Singh
PSSS
1,166
0.2%
Mahavir Thakur
Independent
830
0.1%
Balbhadra Patel
Independent
723
0.1%
Roshan Hussan
Independent
708
0.1%
Nizamuddin Khan
Independent
702
0.1%
Vishnudeo Singh
Independent
685
0.1%
Ravindra Chaudhary
Independent
585
0.1%
Tumnath Prasad
Shiv Sena
520
0.1%
Sharda Bharti
Independent
507
0.1%
Raghunath Pandey
Independent
498
0.1%
Keshav Prasad
Independent
434
0.1%
Bindeshwar Singh
Independent
402
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abdul Ghafoor
SAP
322,012
45.7%
Lal Babu Pd. Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
253,407
35.9%
Kali Prasad Pandey
BJC
87,478
12.4%
Satraj Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
35,732
5.1%
Chhathu Sah
Independent
3,640
0.5%
S.M.Sagir
Independent
2,794
0.4%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raghunath Jha
Janata Dal (United)
365,107
49.2%
Kali Prasad Pandey
Rashtriya Janata Dal
328,983
44.3%
Satraj Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
29,990
4.0%
Chhathu Sah
Bahujan Samaj Party
11,058
1.5%
Ashok Kumar
Independent
5,908
0.8%
Ramadhar Yadav
Independent
798
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anirudh Prasad Alias Sadhu Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
336,016
48.4%
Prabhu Dayal Singh
Janata Dal (United)
143,097
20.6%
Kali Prasad Panday
Independent
136,424
19.6%
Chhathu Sah
Bahujan Samaj Party
43,425
6.3%
Ram Naresh Ram
CPI (ML) Liberation
11,023
1.6%
Sushma Devi
Independent
7,563
1.1%
Paras Nath Pathak
Samajwadi Party
4,694
0.7%
Monika Tiwari
BED
4,312
0.6%
Pramod Kumar Patel
SAP
4,294
0.6%
Dina Nath Manjhi
Independent
3,644
0.5%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Purnmasi Ram
Janata Dal (United)
200,024
39.6%
Anil Kumar
Rashtriya Janata Dal
157,552
31.2%
Janak Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
47,545
9.4%
Ramai Ram
Indian National Congress
21,341
4.2%
Satyadeo Ram
CPI (ML) Liberation
13,999
2.8%
Surendra Paswan
Independent
10,844
2.1%
Ramashankar Ram
RJJM
10,105
2.0%
Dharmendra Kumar Hazra
Independent
9,779
1.9%
Ram Surat Ram
Independent
6,690
1.3%
Shambhu Dom
Independent
5,393
1.1%
Madhu Bharti
LTSD
4,553
0.9%
Ram Kumar Manjhi
SBSP
4,011
0.8%
Binita Baitha
Independent
3,982
0.8%
Dinanath Manjhi
Independent
3,067
0.6%
Rajesh Kumar Ram
Independent
2,968
0.6%
Asha Devi
Independent
2,759
0.5%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janak Ram
Bharatiya Janata Party
478,773
53.0%
Dr. Jyoti Bharti
Indian National Congress
191,837
21.2%
Anil Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
100,419
11.1%
None Of The Above
Independent
17,841
2.0%
Chandradip Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
16,751
1.9%
Surendra Ram
BED
16,680
1.8%
Ram Kumar Manjhi
Independent
14,162
1.6%
Dinanath Manjhi
Independent
13,983
1.5%
Jitendra Manjhi
CPI (ML) Liberation
12,423
1.4%
Sateyndra Baitha
Independent
9,509
1.1%
Mudrika Baitha
Independent
8,491
0.9%
Ramashankar Ram
RJJM
7,147
0.8%
Jaleshwar Nath Ram
BMP
6,264
0.7%
Surendra Paswan
RBCP
4,717
0.5%
Sunita Kumar
Samajwadi Party
4,586
0.5%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Alok Kumar Suman
Janata Dal (United)
568,150
58.4%
Surendra Ram
Rashtriya Janata Dal
281,716
28.9%
Kunal Kishor Vivek
Bahujan Samaj Party
36,016
3.7%
Dinanath Manjhi
Independent
15,600
1.6%
Surendra Ram
Independent
13,807
1.4%
Dilip Kumar Manjhi
Independent
12,773
1.3%
Suraj Kumar
Independent
10,089
1.0%
Ram Kumar Manjhi
Independent
9,676
1.0%
Ajay Paswan
Shiv Sena
7,573
0.8%
Uma Shankar Kharawar
Independent
4,971
0.5%
Anil Kumar Manjhi
Independent
4,886
0.5%
Gaya Ram
Independent
4,215
0.4%
Om Prakash Manjhi
JPJD
3,744
0.4%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Gopalganj has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Janata Dal, SAP, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Gopalganj in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Dr. Alok Kumar Suman (Janata Dal (United)) won Gopalganj, Bihar, in 2019 with 568,150 votes (58.4%), a margin of 286,434 votes over Surendra Ram.
Which parties have won Gopalganj since 1957?
Since 1957, Gopalganj has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, SAP.
What was the closest result in Gopalganj?
The closest result on record for Gopalganj was 1967, when Indian National Congress beat Samyukta Socialist Party by just 3,016 votes (1.2 percentage points).