Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Gopalganj is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar and cast its vote in the 2019 election on May 12.

In Bihar, around 59.38 percent turnout was recorded for the eight Lok Sabha seats.

Dr. Alok Kumar Suman of Janata Dal (United),  Kunal Kishor Vivek of Bahujan Samaj Party, Surendra Ram of Rashtriya Janata Dal and Ajay Paswan of Shivsena are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Reserved for Scheduled Caste, the seat comprises of six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Baikunthpur, Barauli, Gopalganj, Kuchaikote, Bhore and Hathua.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Gopalganj Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN	Janata Dal (United)
2	KUNAL KISHOR VIVEK	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	SURENDRA RAM	Rashtriya Janata Dal
4	AJAY PASWAN	Shivsena
5	OM PRAKASH MANJHI	Jai Prakash Janata Dal
6	ANIL KUMAR MANJHI	Independent
7	UMA SHANKAR KHARWAR	Independent
8	GAYA RAM	Independent
9	DILIP KUMAR MANJHI	Independent
10	DINANATH MANJHI	Independent
11	RAM KUMAR MANJHI	Independent
12	SURENDRA RAM	Independent
13	SURAJ KUMAR	Independent

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Bihar was held in all the seven phases and counting will be held on May 23.

In the 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Janak Ram defeated Congress candidate Dr Jyoti Bharti with a massive margin of 286936 votes.