Godda Assembly constituency

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

Godda
Constituency No. 17 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Lok Sabha 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

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

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
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
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	109,487	49.56%	6.18
	BJP	Amit Kumar Mandal	88,016	39.84%	5.90
	JLKM	Parimal Kumar Thakur	9,237	4.18%	New
	Independent	Shahid Raja	3,248	1.47%	New
	ASP(KR)	Ranjit Kumar	1,530	0.69%	New
	BSP	Shree Ram Turi	1,371	0.62%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,308	1.04%	0.38
Margin of victory			21,471	9.72%	7.36
Turnout			2,20,916	70.22%	3.86
Registered electors			3,14,588		9.03
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	3.82

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Kumar Mandal	87,578	45.74%	6.63
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	83,066	43.38%	12.56
	JD(U)	Ravindra Mahto	6,417	3.35%	New
	JVM(P)	Phool Kumari	1,728	0.90%	New
	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
	NOTA	Nota	2,731	1.43%	0.02
Margin of victory			4,512	2.36%	19.19
Turnout			1,91,478	66.36%	6.76
Registered electors			2,88,545		7.22
	BJP hold		Swing	6.63

Assembly By-election 2016

2016 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Godda^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Kumar Mandal	83,987	52.37%	3.67
	RJD	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	49,436	30.82%	1.39
	JMM	Sanjiv Marik Yadav	18,337	11.43%	1.75
	Independent	Hasina Ansari	1,981	1.24%	New
	Independent	Ashok Tiwari	1,210	0.75%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,322	1.45%	New
Margin of victory			34,551	21.54%	2.27
Turnout			1,60,385	60.46%	6.50
Registered electors			2,69,112		0.62
	BJP hold		Swing	3.67

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Godda^[6]

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
	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
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,889	1.61%	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^[7]

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
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^[8]

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%	New
	AJSU	Dukh Mochan Chaudhary	2,600	1.90%	New
	Independent	Deoraj Dubey	1,817	1.33%	New
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^[9]

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
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