# Gopal Rai

Gopal Rai (born 10 May 1975) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He served as the Minister for Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration in Government of Delhi under former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He is also social activist, member of Legislative Assembly from Babarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency) and a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.

## Background and education

Rai is a Post-graduate in Sociology from Lucknow University, 1998. He began his career with the All India Students Association, the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, in Lucknow University in 1992. He is a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party.

## Political career

Rai began his career with All India Students Association in Lucknow University in 1992. He is partially paralyzed as he was shot at during his student days in Lucknow. He and two other members led the "mein bhi aam aadmi" campaign, which started on 10 January and continued till 26 January 2014, for handling fund collection, association, and management of other political groups.
He lost the election from the Babarpur constituency, got 25723 votes and stood in 3rd place in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. He won from Babarpur Assembly constituency in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election on 10 February 2015 and became the transport and labour minister.
On 13 December 2013, the fourth day of Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike for passage of Jan Lokpal bill in Ralegaon Siddhi, a verbal spat between VK Singh and Gopal Rai took place, forcing Anna to ask Rai to leave Ralegaon.

## Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Babarpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Naresh Gaur | 34,180 | 29.73 | −5.37 |
| | INC | Zakir Khan | 29,673 | 25.81 | 2.05 |
| | AAP | Gopal Rai | 25,723 | 22.37 | |
| | PECP | Furkhan | 10,017 | 8.71 | |
| | SP | Sunil Vasisht | 5,924 | 5.15 | +4.79 |
| | BSP | Bhure Khan | 5,019 | 4.37 | −26.53 |
| | Independent | Shagufta Rani | 2,744 | 2.39 | |
| | CPI | Absaar Ahmed | 794 | 0.69 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 460 | 0.40 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,507 | 3.92 | −0.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,14,978 | 65.89 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | -5.37 | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Babarpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Gopal Rai | 76,179 | 59.14 | +36.77 |
| | BJP | Naresh Gaur | 40,908 | 31.76 | +2.03 |
| | INC | Zakir Khan | 9,952 | 7.73 | −18.08 |
| | BSP | Mohd. Abdul Haq | 765 | 0.59 | −3.78 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 290 | 0.23 | −0.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,271 | 27.38 | +23.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,870 | 66.99 | +1.10 |
| | AAP gain from BJP | AAP gain from BJP | Swing | +29.41 | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Babarpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Gopal Rai | 76,192 | 53.20 | 6.19 |
| | BJP | Anil vashishth | 57,198 | 39.9 | 3.67 |
| | INC | Mohammad Ishraque | 8,797 | 6.1 | 2.51 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 474 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,994 | 13.3 | 9.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,42,770 | 66.2 | 0.43 |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | | |

### 2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Babarpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Gopal Rai | 84,776 | 59.39 | +0.25 |
| | BJP | Naresh Gaur | 51,714 | 36.23 | +4.47 |
| | INC | Anveeksha Jain | 5,131 | 3.59 | −4.14 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 330 | 0.23 | − |
| | BSP | Dharm Singh | 211 | 0.15 | −0.44 |
| | NCP | Zahid Ali | 150 | 0.11 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,062 | 23.16 | −4.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,42,872 | 65.77 | −1.22 |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | +0.25 | |