Mahagama Assembly constituency

Mahagama is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2]

Mahagama
Constituency No. 18 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dipika Pandey Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Overview

Mahagama (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers: Mahagama and Meherma Police Stations in Godda district.^[3]

Mahagama Assembly constituency is part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Sagar Mohan Pathak		Indian National Congress
1957	Mahendra Mahto		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Rajpati Ram		Indian National Congress
1967
1969	Sayeed Ahmed		Communist Party of India
1972	Awadh Bihari Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Sayeed Ahmed		Janata Party
1980	Awadh Bihari Singh		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Faiyaz Bhagalpuri		Janata Dal
1995	Awadh Bihari Singh		Indian National Congress
2000	Ashok Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Ashok Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Rajesh Ranjan		Indian National Congress
2014	Ashok Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Dipika Pandey Singh		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Mahagama^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dipika Pandey Singh	114,069	51.03%	5.53
	BJP	Ashok Kumar	95,424	42.69%	3.57
	JLKM	Jawahar Lal Yadav	5,117	2.29%	New
	Independent	Md. Harunrasid	2,185	0.98%	New
	AIMIM	Mohammad Kamran Khan	1,783	0.80%	2.12
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,922	1.31%	0.44
Margin of victory			18,645	8.34%	1.97
Turnout			2,23,545	66.91%	1.01
Registered electors			3,34,116		12.26
	INC hold		Swing	5.53

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Mahagama^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deepika Pandey Singh	89,224	45.49%	35.32
	BJP	Ashok Kumar	76,725	39.12%	0.04
	AIMIM	Ashok Kumar Singh	5,719	2.92%	New
	Independent	Gouri Priya	4,136	2.11%	New
	CPI(M)	Ashok Sah	2,703	1.38%	4.72
	JVM(P)	Sanjiv Kumar Mishra	2,506	1.28%	20.39
	AJSU	Ataur Rahaman Siddiki	2,198	1.12%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,700	0.87%	0.74
Margin of victory			12,499	6.37%	11.13
Turnout			1,96,119	65.90%	0.46
Registered electors			2,97,621		7.97
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	6.33

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Mahagama^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar	70,635	39.16%	13.83
	JVM(P)	Shahid Iqbal	39,075	21.67%	New
	INC	Rajesh Ranjan	18,355	10.18%	20.98
	JMM	Surendra Mohan Keshri	13,770	7.63%	1.06
	CPI(M)	Ashok Sah	10,998	6.10%	0.57
	BSP	Jawaharlal Yadav	8,806	4.88%	New
	Independent	Sudama Kumar Singh	5,044	2.80%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,892	1.60%	New
Margin of victory			31,560	17.50%	11.68
Turnout			1,80,359	65.43%	8.10
Registered electors			2,75,642		12.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	8.01

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Mahagama^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Ranjan	43,834	31.16%	New
	BJP	Ashok Kumar	35,648	25.34%	8.15
	JMM	Lal Bihari Sah	12,237	8.70%	2.06
	CPI(M)	Ashok Sah	9,388	6.67%	3.89
	RJD	Badri Bhagat	7,183	5.11%	23.73
	Independent	Kunwar Gopal Singh	5,865	4.17%	New
	Independent	Saryu Prasad Panjiyara	4,227	3.00%	New
Margin of victory			8,186	5.82%	1.16
Turnout			1,40,695	57.33%	0.28
Registered electors			2,45,415		1.38
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.34

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Mahagama^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar	46,253	33.49%	7.51
	RJD	Ataur Rahaman Siddiki	39,825	28.84%	11.38
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Singh	12,885	9.33%	New
	JMM	Pervez Hassan	9,160	6.63%	3.25
	Independent	Rajesh Ranjan	4,669	3.38%	New
	CPI(M)	Ashok Sah	3,843	2.78%	New
	Independent	Virendra Kumar Singh	3,151	2.28%	New
Margin of victory			6,428	4.65%	3.87
Turnout			1,38,102	57.05%	2.79
Registered electors			2,42,063		17.51
	BJP hold		Swing	7.51

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Mahagama^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Kumar	32,025	25.98%	New
	RJD	Ataur Rahaman Siddiki	21,519	17.46%	New
	INC	Awadh Bihari Singh	12,622	10.24%	New
	JMM	Virendra Kumar Singh	12,181	9.88%	New
	CPI	Suresh Prasad Yadav	12,113	9.83%	New
	Independent	Usman Gani	6,786	5.50%	New
	Bhartiya Jana Congress (Rashtriya)	Enamul Haque	5,646	4.58%	New
Margin of victory			10,506	8.52%
Turnout			1,23,273	60.94%
Registered electors			2,05,995
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Meharama
• Mahagama (community development block)
• Mahagama