Garhwa Assembly constituency

Garhwa
Constituency No. 80 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
LS constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Total electors	366,065
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satyendra Nath Tiwari
Elected year	2024

Garhwa Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Garhwa constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Year	Name	Party
Before 1957: see Hussainabad cum Garhwa constituency
1957	Rajeshwari Saroj Das		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

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Election	Member	Party
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

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLKM	Sonu Kumar Yadav			New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	106,681	44.46%	21.09
	BJP	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	83,159	34.66%	2.28
	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
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Tiwari	4,114	1.71%	New
	Independent	Sujauddin Ansari	2,437	1.02%	New
	Independent	Dinesh Ram	1,567	0.65%	New
	Independent	Ragorakh Nath Mahto	1,489	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			23,522	9.80%	0.88
Turnout			2,39,930	65.54%	2.27
Registered electors			3,66,065		21.94
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	7.52

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	75,196	36.94%	28.15
	RJD	Girinath Singh	53,441	26.25%	0.68
	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
	CPI(ML)L	Virendra Choudhary	1,839	0.90%	3.65
	Akhil Bhartiya Jharkhand Party	Anand Kumar Tiwari	1,785	0.88%	New
	Independent	Manish Kumar Gupta	1,605	0.79%	New
	Independent	Badaruddin Khan	1,316	0.65%	New
	Independent	Trivenni Mahto	1,263	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			21,755	10.69%	3.98
Turnout			2,03,562	67.81%	7.58
Registered electors			3,00,191		20.53
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	3.30

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	50,474	33.64%	New
	RJD	Girinath Singh	40,412	26.94%	New
	JMM	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	14,180	9.45%	New
	BJP	Alakh Nath Pandey	13,191	8.79%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Kali Charan Mahto	6,830	4.55%	New
	AJSU	Anil Kumar Sah	6,665	4.44%	New
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	Rajesh Kumar (Garhwa)	2,298	1.53%	New
	Independent	Makrant Singh	1,927	1.28%	New
	Independent	Pravin Kumar Kesari	1,879	1.25%	New
	Independent	Badaruddin Khan	1,413	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			10,062	6.71%
Turnout			1,50,022	60.24%	60.24
Registered electors			2,49,060		6.21
	JVM(P) gain from RJD		Swing

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Girinath Singh	34,374
	JD(U)	Sairaj Ahmed Ansari	25,841 #DIV/0!		New
	BSP	Anil Sao	18,225 #DIV/0!
	JMM	Tulsi Singh	14,439 #DIV/0!
	INC	Amarit Sukla	13,392 #DIV/0!
	RSMD	Ram Charitra Choudhary	6,088 #DIV/0!		New
	CPI(ML)L	Jitendra Kumar Chandrabansi	3,938 #DIV/0!		New
	LJP	Md. Shakir	3,467 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Lobhawan Ram	3,434 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Raja Ram Chaubey	2,482 #DIV/0!		New
	SP	Rajesh Kumar Yadav	2,395 #DIV/0!
Margin of victory			8,533
Turnout			0	64.56%	53.66
Registered electors			2,34,487		24.30
	RJD hold		Swing

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa ^[6]

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
	JMM	Dr. Jubair Ahmad	756	0.75%	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

• Garhwa

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.
2. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
3. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
4. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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