# Gopalapuram Assembly constituency

Gopalapuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.
Maddipati Venkata Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Dwaraka Tirumala
* Nallajerla
* Devarapalli
* Gopalapuram

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1962 | Taneti Veera Raghavulu | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Taneti Veera Raghavulu | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Sali Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Desari Sarojini Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Karupati Vivekananda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Karupati Vivekananda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Karupati Vivekananda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Jonnakuti Babaji Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Jonnakuti Babaji Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Maddala Suneeta | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Taneti Vanitha | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Talari Venkat Rao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Maddipati Venkata Raju | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Maddala Suneeta | 67,500 | 52.99 | +5.34 |
| | TDP | Abbulu Koppaka | 59,878 | 47.01 | −3.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,622 | 5.98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,378 | 76.98 | +3.44 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Taneti Vanitha | 70,659 | 43.26 | +3.75 |
| | INC | Usha Tigiripalli | 56,006 | 34.29 | −18.70 |
| | PRP | Kadalaiah Sabbiti | 30,158 | 18.46 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,653 | 8.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,337 | 85.76 | +8.78 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | 95,299 | 51.14 | |
| | YSRCP | Talari Venkat Rao | 83,759 | 40.62 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,540 | 10.52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 186,343 | 86.91 | +1.15 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Talari Venkat Rao | 111,785 | 56.04 |
| | TDP | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | 74,324 | 37.26 |
| | BSP | Sirra Bharatha Rao | 5,882 | 2.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,461 | 18.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,464 | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gopalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Maddipati Venkata Raju | 1,14,420 | 54.06 | +3.59 |
| | YSRCP | Taneti Vanitha | 87,636 | 41.4 | −0.68 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,500 | 2.13 | +0.00 |
| | | Various | 1,681 | 0.80 | +1.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,784 | 12.66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,08,237 | 98.38 | +0.61 |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |