Garhwa (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Garhwa Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.
Overview
Garhwa (constituency number 80) is one of the two Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Garhwa district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Bhawanathpur in this district and Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur and Hussainabad in Palamu district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar Legislative Assembly | |||
Before 1957: see Hussainabad cum Garhwa constituency
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| 1957 | Rajeshwari Saroj Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Gopi Nath Singh | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | L. Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Gopi Nath Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Awadh Kishore Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Vinod N. Dixit | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Yugal Kishore Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Gopi Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Girinath Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2005 | Girinath Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2009 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | |
| 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2019 | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| 2024 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
Assembly election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 133,109 | 45.40% |  10.74
| |
| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 1,16,356 | 39.68% |  4.78
| |
| SP | Girinath Singh | 8,096 | 2.76% | New | |
| BSP | Ajay Kumar Choudhary | 7,722 | 2.63% | 1.80
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| Independent | Rabindra Kumar Singh | 4,502 | 1.54% | New | |
| Independent | Ram Payare Pal | 4,092 | 1.40% | New | |
| ASP(KR) | Law Kumar Singh | 3,202 | 1.09% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 937 | 0.32% | 0.08
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| Margin of victory | 16,753 | 5.71% | 4.09
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| Turnout | 2,93,209 | 69.88% | 4.33
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| Registered electors | 4,19,614 | 14.63
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| BJP gain from JMM | Swing | 0.93
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Assembly election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 106,681 | 44.46% | 21.09
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| BJP | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 83,159 | 34.66% | 2.28
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| BSP | Birendra Prasad | 10,638 | 4.43% | 1.04
| |
| AITC | Mandip Mallah | 7,368 | 3.07% | New | |
| AIMIM | Md. Najibuddin Khan | 6,231 | 2.60% | New | |
| JVM(P) | Suraj Prasad Gupta | 5,852 | 2.44% | 1.08
| |
| Independent | Bihari Vishwakarma | 5,339 | 2.23% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 953 | 0.40% | 0.14
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| Margin of victory | 23,522 | 9.80% | 0.88
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| Turnout | 2,39,930 | 65.54% | 2.27
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| Registered electors | 3,66,065 | 21.94
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| JMM gain from BJP | Swing | 7.52
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Assembly election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 75,196 | 36.94% | 28.15
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| RJD | Girinath Singh | 53,441 | 26.25% | 0.68
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| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 47,579 | 23.37% | 13.92
| |
| BSP | Md. Rostam Ali Ansari | 6,902 | 3.39% | New | |
| JVM(P) | Virendra Sav | 2,771 | 1.36% | 32.28
| |
| Independent | Babanu Singh | 2,580 | 1.27% | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation | Virendra Choudhary | 1,839 | 0.90% | 3.65
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| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,100 | 0.54% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 21,755 | 10.69% | 3.98
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| Turnout | 2,03,562 | 67.81% | 7.58
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| Registered electors | 3,00,191 | 20.53
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| BJP gain from JVM(P) | Swing | 3.30
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Assembly election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JVM(P) | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 50,474 | 33.64% | New | |
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 40,412 | 26.94% | 4.23
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| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 14,180 | 9.45% | 0.09
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| BJP | Alakh Nath Pandey | 13,191 | 8.79% | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation | Kali Charan Mahto | 6,830 | 4.55% | 1.95
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| AJSU | Anil Kumar Sah | 6,665 | 4.44% | New | |
| NJSM | Rajesh Kumar (Garhwa) | 2,298 | 1.53% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,062 | 6.71% | 1.07
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| Turnout | 1,50,022 | 60.24% | 4.33
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| Registered electors | 2,49,060 | 6.21
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| JVM(P) gain from RJD | Swing | 10.94
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Assembly election 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 34,374 | 22.71% | 21.98
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| JD(U) | Sairaj Ahmed Ansari | 25,841 | 17.07% | New | |
| BSP | Anil Sao | 18,225 | 12.04% | 3.99
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| JMM | Tulsi Singh | 14,439 | 9.54% | New | |
| INC | Amarit Sukla | 13,392 | 8.85% | 5.58
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| RSMD | Ram Charitra Choudhary | 6,088 | 4.02% | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation | Jitendra Kumar Chandrabansi | 3,938 | 2.60% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,533 | 5.64% | 6.40
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| Turnout | 1,51,390 | 64.56% | 10.90
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| Registered electors | 2,34,487 | 24.30
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| RJD hold | Swing | 21.98
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Assembly election 2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 45,239 | 44.69% | New | |
| BJP | Shyam Narayan Dubey | 33,057 | 32.65% | New | |
| BSP | Ahmad Ali | 8,146 | 8.05% | New | |
| SP | Ram Charitra Choudhary | 4,559 | 4.50% | New | |
| INC | Samsuddin Ansari | 3,309 | 3.27% | New | |
| Independent | Baliwant Pandey | 3,244 | 3.20% | New | |
| CPI | Ganesh Singh | 1,838 | 1.82% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 12,182 | 12.03% | |||
| Turnout | 1,01,232 | 54.67% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,88,639 | ||||
| RJD win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.
- ^ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.