Gomia Vidhan Sabha Constituency Result in Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019: Lambodar Mahto of AJSU Wins MLA Seat

Ranchi, December 23: Lambodar Mahto of the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) has won the Gomia Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Jharkhand. The polling in Gomia assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held on December 12, 2019. The Gomia seat falls in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. The sitting MLA of the Gomia constituency is Yogendra Prasad of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). This time the JMM had fielded Babita Mahato from this seat while the JVM(P) has given its ticket to Gautam Tiwari. Phase-Wise List of Seats Going to Polls in Jharkhand.

The major political parties contesting the Assembly Elections in Jharkhand include Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) and the alliance between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These three parties have come together to take on the BJP in the ensuing elections for the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. While BJP went solo this time, the JMM contested 43 seats, Congress contested on 31 seats and RJD on 7.

In Jharkhand, the five-phase elections were held between November 30 to December 20. The first phase of election in the state had taken place on November 30. The voting for the third phase will be conducted on December 12, the fourth phase on December 16, and the fifth and last phase on December 20.

In the 2014 Assembly polls in Jharkhand, the BJP had won the elections by defeating Congress and its major allies RJD, Janata Dal (United), and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Ever since Jharkhand was formed, it was the first time in 2014, that a single-party (BJP) formed a majority in the state assembly. The BJP had won in 43 seats out of 81 seats, 2 more that required majority.

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