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Godda (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Godda Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire Godda district and parts of Deoghar and Dumka districts.

Assembly segments

Presently, Godda Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
12 Jarmundi Dumka Devendra Kunwar BJP BJP
13 Madhupur Deoghar Hafizul Hasan JMM INC
15 Deoghar (SC) Suresh Paswan RJD BJP
16 Poreyahat Godda Pradeep Yadav INC BJP
17 Godda Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD BJP
18 Mahagama Dipika Pandey Singh INC INC

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1962 Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka Indian National Congress
1967
1971 Jagdish Mandal
1977 Jagdambi Prasad Yadav Janata Party
1980 Maulana Saminuddin Indian National Congress
1984 Maulana Salahuddin Indian National Congress
1989 Janardan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Suraj Mandal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1996 Jagdambi Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2002^ Pradeep Yadav
2004 Furkan Ansari Indian National Congress
2009 Nishikant Dubey Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Godda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nishikant Dubey 693,140 49.57
INC Pradeep Yadav 5,91,327 42.29
Independent Uday Shankar Khaware 26,837 1.92
NOTA None of the above 4,361 0.31
Majority 1,01,813 7.28
Turnout 13,98,204 68.54
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Godda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nishikant Dubey 637,610 53.40 +17.15
JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav 4,53,383 37.97 +19.53
NOTA None of the Above 18,683 1.56
BSP Zafffar Obaid 17,583 1.47
Independent K. Rangaiah 16,456 1.38
Majority 1,84,227 15.43 +9.65
Turnout 11,94,343 69.57
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Godda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nishikant Dubey 380,500 36.25
INC Furkan Ansari 3,19,818 30.47
JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav 1,93,506 18.44
AITC Damodar Singh 28,246 2.69
Independent Sunil Kumar Gupta 22,349 2.13
NOTA None of the Above 12,410 1.18
Majority 60,682 5.78
Turnout 10,49,642 65.98
BJP hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.
  2. ^ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Godda". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

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