Being a BJP stronghold, the Lok Sabha constituency of Godda is one of the 14 seats which belong to the state of Jharkhand in eastern India.Like the other Lok Sabha segments belonging to this state, Godda comprises six Vidhan Sabha seats. Out of these, Deoghar is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. The Godda Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 3) has a total of 1,412,253 electorates out of which 664,705 are females and 747,548 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports.
The geographical spread of the entire Godda District and parts of the Deoghar and Dumka districts is contained in this constituency. Famous for its rich deposits of coal, the Rajmahal Coalfields under the Eastern Coalfields Limited, is known for being the largest open-pit coal mine in Asia. That said, these three districts have been identified as economically dependent by the Government of India.
Godda Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
Nishikant Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party | 635383 | 0 | 2227 | 637610 | 53.4 | Winner |
Pradeep Yadav | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 450677 | 0 | 2706 | 453383 | 37.97 | 1st Runner-up |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 18650 | 0 | 33 | 18683 | 1.56 | 2nd Runner-up |
Zaffar Obaid | Bahujan Samaj Party | 17531 | 0 | 52 | 17583 | 1.47 | 3rd Runner-up |
K. Rangaiah | Independent | 16453 | 0 | 3 | 16456 | 1.38 | 4th Runner-up |
Birendra Kumar | Independent | 13610 | 0 | 3 | 13613 | 1.14 | 5th Runner-up |
Mahesh Kumar Suman | Independent | 10352 | 0 | 2 | 10354 | 0.87 | 6th Runner-up |
Asha Makade | Pichhara Samaj Party United | 6571 | 0 | 9 | 6580 | 0.55 | 7th Runner-up |
Madhusudan Ray | Independent | 6287 | 0 | 14 | 6301 | 0.53 | 8th Runner-up |
Bajrangi Mahtha | Bahujan Mukti Party | 3017 | 0 | 6 | 3023 | 0.25 | 9th Runner-up |
Jitendra Kumar Barnwal | Independent | 2978 | 0 | 4 | 2982 | 0.25 | 10th Runner-up |
Murari Kapri | Aam Adhikar Morcha | 2625 | 0 | 2 | 2627 | 0.22 | 11th Runner-up |
Anup Kumar Sinha | Independent | 2533 | 0 | 1 | 2534 | 0.21 | 12th Runner-up |
Noor Hassan | Rashtriya Samta Party (Secular) | 2302 | 0 | 5 | 2307 | 0.19 | 13th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Godda Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Godda parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Godda constituency is Shri Nishikant Dubey of BJP.
Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
2014 | 3 | Godda | GEN | Nishikant Dubey | M | BJP | 380500 | Furkan Ansari | M | INC | 319818 |
2009 | 3 | Godda | GEN | Dubey,Shri Nishikant | M | BJP | 189526 | Furkan Ansari | M | INC | 183119 |
2004 | 3 | Godda | GEN | Furkan Ansari | M | INC | 373138 | Pradeep Yadav | M | BJP | 346384 |
2002 | Bye Pol | Godda | GEN | Pradeep Yadav | M | BJP | 235939 | Furkan Ansari | M | INC | 142677 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Godda Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Godda parliamentary constituency.
Names of Assembly Constituencies |
Madhupur | Jarmundi | Godda |
Deoghar (SC) | Poreyahat | Mahagama |
Last Updated on June 27, 2020