Godda Vidhan Sabha Constituency Result in Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019: Amit Kumar Mandal of BJP Wins MLA Seat
Amit Kumar Mandal of the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Godda Vidhan Sabha seat. The polling in Godda assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held in the fifth phase on December 20, 2019. The Godda seat comes under the Godda Lok Sabha constituency.
Godda, December 17: Amit Kumar Mandal of the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Godda Vidhan Sabha seat. The polling in Godda assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held in the fifth phase on December 20, 2019. The Godda seat comes under the Godda Lok Sabha constituency. The sitting MLA of the Godda constituency is Nirbhay Kumar. The Rashtriya Janata Dal had given its ticket to Sanjay Prasad Yadav. Jharkhand Assembly Elections Results 2019: JMM-Congress-RJD Alliance Set to Form Government, BJP Trounced.
The major battle was between BJP, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and the alliance between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These three parties came together to take on the BJP in the ensuing elections. While BJP planned to go solo this time, the JMM fought on 43 seats, Congress contested on 31 seats and RJD on 7.
In phase five, a total of 16 constituencies went into polls. The notification was issued on November 26. The last date of filing the nomination papers was December 3. The counting of votes and result will be declared on December 23.
In the 2014 assembly elections, the BJP had won by defeating the Congress and its allies. The saffron party had won 43 seats out of 81 seats. Ever since Jharkhand was formed in 2000, it was the first time (2014), that a single-party (BJP) formed a majority in the state assembly.
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Pradip Kumar Pandit | BSP | 985 |
Babita Devi | NCP | 899 |
Pritam Singh | IND | 895 |
Amit Kumar Mandal (Current MLA) | BJP | 87578 |
Ritesh Singh | IND | 813 |
Pritam Kumar Gadia | IND | 624 |
Phool Kumari | JVM | 1728 |
Rabindra Shankar Mishra | AAP | 1019 |
Awadhesh Kumar Singh | AJSU Party | NA |
Sanjay Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | NA |
Anil Kumar Mahto | Amra Bangalee | NA |
Gyaneshwar Jha | Jagrook Janta Party | NA |
Noor Hassan | Peace Party | NA |
Ravindra Mahto | JD(U) | NA |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Raghu Nandan Mandal (Current MLA) | BJP | 87158 |
Sanjay Prasad Yadav | RJD | 52672 |
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