Gandey Assembly constituency

Gandey
Constituency No. 31 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
LS constituency	Kodarma
Established	2000
Total electors	269,330
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalpana Soren W/O: Hemant Soren CM, Jharkhand
Party	JMM
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A. MGB
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad   JMM

Gandey Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1977	Laxman Swarnkar		Janata Party
1980	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad		Indian National Congress
1985	Salkhan Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1990
1995	Laxman Swarnkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Salkhan Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2005
2009	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad		Indian National Congress
2014	Jai Prakash Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2024 By-Election	Kalpana Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

2024 by-election

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Gandey ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Kalpana Soren	109827	50.54
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Verma	82678	38.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	4219	1.94
Majority			27,149
Turnout
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gandey ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	65,023	34.71%	11.90
	BJP	Jai Prakash Verma	56,168	29.98%	1.09
	AJSU	Arjun Baitha	15,361	8.20%	New
	Independent	Sunil Kr. Yadav	9,900	5.28%	New
	Independent	Karmila Tudu	9,056	4.83%	New
	JVM(P)	Dilip Kumar Verma	8,952	4.78%	1.97
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	7,408	3.95%	2.67
	AIMIM	Intekhab Ansari	6,039	3.22%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,734	1.99%	New
	Independent	Lalita Ray	2,076	1.11%	New
	Independent	Arun Prasad Verma	1,625	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			8,855	4.73%	1.35
Turnout			1,87,343	69.56%	1.13
Registered electors			2,69,330		12.63
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	5.81

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gandey ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Prakash Verma	48,838	28.89%	12.21
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	38,559	22.81%	0.97
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	35,727	21.14%	9.09
	JVM(P)	Laxman Swarnkar	11,407	6.75%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	11,202	6.63%	7.48
	Independent	Mumtaz Ansari	3,579	2.12%	New
	Independent	Shhadat Ansari	3,388	2.00%	New
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Yunus Ansari	2,521	1.49%	New
	Independent	Shivanath Sav	2,116	1.25%	New
	Independent	Lalita Ray	1,833	1.08%	New
	Rashtriya Garib Dal	Pappu Kumar	1,398	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			10,279	6.08%	0.37
Turnout			1,69,027	70.69%	5.01
Registered electors			2,39,127		19.81
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.34

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gandey ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	39,625	30.23%	New
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	31,170	23.78%	4.68
	BJP	Punam Prakash	21,865	16.68%	8.46
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Yadav	18,497	14.11%	9.42
	Independent	Hiralal Murmu	3,184	2.43%	New
	AJSU	Anima Hansada	2,540	1.94%	0.83
	RJD	Meenakshi Devi	2,428	1.85%	25.44
	Independent	Baijnath Prasad Verma	2,197	1.68%	New
	Independent	Saryu Gope	2,036	1.55%	New
	Independent	Mumtaz Ansari	1,205	0.92%	New
	Independent	Pramli Devi	1,109	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			8,455	6.45%	5.28
Turnout			1,31,078	65.67%	0.48
Registered electors			1,99,596		0.50
	INC gain from JMM		Swing	1.77

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gandey ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	36,849	28.46%	3.21
	RJD	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	35,337	27.29%	11.86
	BJP	Laxman Swarnkar	32,545	25.14%	1.45
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	6,070	4.69%	New
	BSP	Binod Kumar Verma	5,228	4.04%	1.14
	Independent	Sidheshwar Haimbram	2,372	1.83%	New
	SP	Praveen Singh	2,179	1.68%	3.42
	Independent	Babulal Mahto	2,000	1.54%	New
	Independent	Baijnath Prasad Verma	1,962	1.52%	New
	AJSU	Sanatan Marandi	1,438	1.11%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Umesh Chandra Trivedi	1,320	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			1,512	1.17%	6.82
Turnout			1,29,474	65.19%	1.80
Registered electors			1,98,602		19.11
	JMM hold		Swing	3.21

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Gandey ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	35,375	31.67%	New
	BJP	Laxman Swarnkar	26,457	23.69%	New
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	19,693	17.63%	New
	RJD	Shobha Yadav	17,240	15.44%	New
	SP	Md. Kashim Naushad Ali	5,696	5.10%	New
	BSP	Vinod Kumar Verma	3,235	2.90%	New
	CPI	Shambhu Nath Mitra	2,392	2.14%	New
	NCP	Yunus Ansari	638	0.57%	New
	JPP	Babli Devi	594	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			8,918	7.98%
Turnout			1,11,694	67.77%
Registered electors			1,66,734
	JMM win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

1. "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
3. The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
4. Election Commision of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Bye Election Results - Gandey". Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
5. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
8. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
9. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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