JDU’s Gopal Mandal has won the Gopalpur Assembly elections 2025 four times in a row. Will they hold their fort this time too or will the anti-incumbency and opposition strategy cause a major upheaval? This question will be solved only after the election results come.
Gopalpur Assembly Election 2025: Gopalpur Assembly Election 2025 has always been the center of discussion in Bihar politics. This seat, which falls under Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency, has been held by JDU’s Gopal Mandal alias Narendra Kumar Neeraj for the last four elections. From 2005 to 2020, they have registered continuous victories and defeated big parties like BJP and RJD. But the question in 2025 is whether this stronghold of JDU will remain intact or this time the opposition will create a new equation?
2020 elections: Gopal Mandal becomes MLA for the fourth time
JDU candidate Narendra Kumar Neeraj alias Gopal Mandal won a big victory in the 2020 assembly elections. He got 75,533 votes, while his main rival RJD’s Shailesh Kumar got 51,072 votes. The victory margin was 24,461 votes. At the same time, LJP candidate Suresh Bhagat also made the contest triangular by taking 23,406 votes. This result once again proved that Gopal Mandal has a strong hold in Gopalpur.
Note: Three criminal cases are registered against Narendra Kumar Neeraj alias Gopal Mandal. He has studied till graduation. His total movable and immovable assets are Rs 1.73 crore. There is no loan against him.
2015 election: BJP defeated
In 2015, when JDU and BJP were contesting elections separately, Narendra Kumar Neeraj alias Gopal Mandal defeated BJP candidate Anil Kumar Yadav. He got 57,403 votes, while the BJP candidate got 52,234 votes. The victory margin here was only 5,169 votes, which made the contest very exciting.
2010 elections: Gopal Mandal prevails over RJD
In the 2010 assembly elections, Narendra Kumar Neeraj alias Gopal Mandal defeated RJD candidate Amit Rana. JDU candidate Gopal Mandal got 53,876 votes, while RJD candidate got 28,816 votes. The margin of victory in this election was about 25,060 votes. This result clearly shows that the influence of JDU was continuously increasing in Gopalpur Assembly since that time.
Social equations and political turmoil
- Gopalpur assembly consists of four blocks – Navgachia, Gopalpur, Rangra and Ismailpur.
- Navgachia: Yadav and Vaishya dominated
- Gopalpur: Bhumihar
Rangra and Ismailpur: Dominance of Gangota community
These equations influence the election results here. Narendra Kumar Neeraj alias Gopal Mandal has won four consecutive times, but the discussion about his controversial statements and anti-incumbency is also intense. The biggest mystery in 2025 is whether JDU will give him the ticket or field a new face? At the same time, RJD and BJP are also preparing to make the contest tough by electing their candidates.