Godda (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Godda
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentNishikant Dubey
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1962
ReservationNone
StateJharkhand
Assembly ConstituenciesJarmundi
Madhupur
Deoghar
Poreyahat
Godda
Mahagama

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[edit]

Presently, Godda Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
12 Jarmundi None Dumka
13 Madhupur None Deoghar
15 Deoghar SC Deoghar
16 Poreyahat None Godda
17 Godda None Godda
18 Mahagama None Godda

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Name Party
1962 Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka Indian National Congress
1967
1971 Jagdish Mandal
1977 Jagdambi Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Maulana Saminuddin Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Janardan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Suraj Mandal
1996 Jagdambi Prasad Yadav
1998
1999
2002
(By Poll)
Pradeep Yadav
2004 Furkan Ansari
2009 Nishikant Dubey
2014
2019

Election results[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Godda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nishikant Dubey 6,37,610 53.4 +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 Indian general elections: Godda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nishikant Dubey 3,80,500 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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

External links[edit]

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Jharkhand

Coordinates: 24°50′N 87°13′E / 24.83°N 87.21°E / 24.83; 87.21