Godda Assembly constituency

Godda
Constituency No. 17 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
LS constituency	Godda
Established	2000
Total electors	2,88,545
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjay Prasad Yadav
Party	RJD
Elected year	2024

Godda Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^[1]

Overview

Godda Assembly constituency covers: Godda Police Station (excluding Burhikura, Dammajhilua, Sandmara, Nonbatta, Makhni, Pathra and Punsiya gram panchayats) and Pathargama Police Station in Godda district. ^[2]

Godda Assembly constituency is part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Godda constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
1952	Budhinath Kairav Jha		Indian National Congress
	Babulal Tudu (Godda Damin constituency)		Jharkhand Party
1957	Manilal Yadav		Jharkhand Party
	Chunka Hembrom		Independent politician
1962	Deep Narain Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
1967
1969	Hemant Kumar Jha		Samyukta Socialist Party
1972			Indian National Congress
1977	Lakhan Mahto		Janata Party
1980	Hemant Kumar Jha		Indian National Congress
1985	Sumrit Mandal		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1990
1995	Rajnish Anand		Indian National Congress
2000	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		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	Name	Party
2005	Manohar Kumar Tekariwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014	Raghu Nandan Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Amit Kumar Mandal
2024	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	109,487	49.56
	BJP	Amit Kumar Mandal	88,016	39.84
	JLKM	Parimal Thakur	9,122	4.18	New
Turnout			220,916
Majority			21,471
	RJD gain from BJP

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Kumar Mandal	87,578	45.74	2.96
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	83,066	43.38	13.95
	JD(U)	Ravindra Mahto	6,417	3.35	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,731	1.43	0.19
	JVM(P)	Phool Kumari	1,728	0.90	3.01
	PECP	Noor Hassan	1,708	0.89	New
	AJSU	Awadhesh Kumar Singh	1,596	0.83	New
	AAP	Rabindra Shankar Mishra	1,019	0.53	New
	BSP	Pradip Kumar Pandit	985	0.51	0.24
Margin of victory			4,512	2.36	16.91
Turnout			1,91,478	66.36	0.27
Registered electors			2,88,545		6.56
	BJP hold		Swing	2.96

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghu Nandan Mandal	87,158	48.70	23.89
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	52,672	29.43	1.63
	JMM	Rajesh Kumar Sah	17,329	9.68	6.62
	JVM(P)	Sanjeev Anand	6,994	3.91	5.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,889	1.61	New
	Independent	Bindeshwari Prasad Sah	2,678	1.50	New
	Independent	Hasina Ansari	1,660	0.93	New
	BSP	Viveka Nand Mishra	1,346	0.75	3.39
	Independent	Arbind Ramdas	1,161	0.65	New
	CPI(ML)L	Manoj Kumar	1,150	0.64	New
	Independent	Hem Kant Thakur	1,101	0.62	New
Margin of victory			34,486	19.27	13.02
Turnout			1,78,980	66.09	7.91
Registered electors			2,70,793		12.50
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	17.64

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	43,502	31.06	8.67
	BJP	Raghu Nandan Mandal	34,747	24.81	7.15
	JMM	Manohar Kumar Tekriwal	22,832	16.30	2.20
	JVM(P)	Rajesh Kumar	13,031	9.30	New
	BSP	Suresh Kumar Mahto	5,803	4.14	1.18
	Independent	Mujiv Alam	3,234	2.31	New
	NCP	Kumar Jitendra	1,687	1.20	New
	Independent	Niranjan Prasad Yadav	1,677	1.20	New
	Independent	Amin	1,575	1.12	New
	Independent	Nalnidhar Sahay	1,273	0.91	New
	Independent	Arjun Sah	1,063	0.76	New
Margin of victory			8,755	6.25	3.32
Turnout			1,40,057	58.18	0.97
Registered electors			2,40,715		0.65
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	0.90

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Kumar Tekariwal	43,728	31.96	14.04
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	30,639	22.39	0.91
	INC	Rajnish Anand	23,877	17.45	3.42
	JMM	Prem Nandan Kumar	19,290	14.10	1.40
	BSP	Ram Pratap Narayan	4,057	2.97	1.99
	AJSU	Dukh Mochan Chaudhary	2,600	1.90	New
	Independent	Deoraj Dubey	1,817	1.33	New
	Independent	Sumant Singh	869	0.64	New
	JPP	Johan Lal Kisku	824	0.60	New
	SP	Baikunth Prasad Yadav	748	0.55	12.83
Margin of victory			13,089	9.57	4.18
Turnout			1,36,824	57.21	7.37
Registered electors			2,39,166		16.97
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	8.65

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Godda ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	30,774	23.30	New
	BJP	Dukh Mochan Choudhary	23,663	17.92	New
	INC	Rajnis Anand	18,522	14.03	New
	SP	Raghu Nandan Mandal	17,658	13.37	New
	JMM	Prem Nandan Kumar	16,774	12.70	New
	CPI	Abdul Wahab	13,930	10.55	New
	CPI(ML)L	Haldhar Mandal	6,338	4.80	New
	BSP	Rameshwar Mahto	1,282	0.97	New
	Independent	Ehtesam Ahmed	776	0.59	New
	NCP	Amar Kant Jha	682	0.52	New
Margin of victory			7,111	5.39
Turnout			1,32,049	65.61
Registered electors			2,04,474
	RJD win (new seat)

See also

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

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 Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
3. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.