Garhwa Assembly constituency
| Garhwa | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 80 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Garhwa |
| LS constituency | Palamu |
| Established | 2000 |
| Total electors | 366,065 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Garhwa Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.[1]
Overview
[edit]Garhwa (constituency number 80) is one of the two Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Garhwa district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Bhawanathpur in this district and Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur and Hussainabad in Palamu district.[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]1952 - 2000
[edit]Earlier Garhwa constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Before 1957: see Hussainabad cum Garhwa constituency
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| 1957 | Rajeshwari Saroj Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Gopi Nath Singh | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | L. Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Gopi Nath Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Awadh Kishore Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Vinod N. Dixit | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Yugal Kishore Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Gopi Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Girinath Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
2000 - present
[edit]On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Girinath Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2009 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | |
| 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2019 | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| 2024 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election Results
[edit]Assembly election 2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLKM | Sonu Kumar Yadav | New | |||
Assembly election 2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 106,681 | 44.46% |  21.09
| |
| BJP | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 83,159 | 34.66% |  2.28
| |
| BSP | Birendra Prasad | 10,638 | 4.43% | 1.04
| |
| AITC | Mandip Mallah | 7,368 | 3.07% | New | |
| AIMIM | Md. Najibuddin Khan | 6,231 | 2.60% | New | |
| JVM(P) | Suraj Prasad Gupta | 5,852 | 2.44% | 1.08
| |
| Independent | Bihari Vishwakarma | 5,339 | 2.23% | New | |
| Independent | Dilip Kumar Tiwari | 4,114 | 1.71% | New | |
| Independent | Sujauddin Ansari | 2,437 | 1.02% | New | |
| Independent | Dinesh Ram | 1,567 | 0.65% | New | |
| Independent | Ragorakh Nath Mahto | 1,489 | 0.62% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 23,522 | 9.80% | 0.88
| ||
| Turnout | 2,39,930 | 65.54% | 2.27
| ||
| Registered electors | 3,66,065 | 21.94
| |||
| JMM gain from BJP | Swing | 7.52
|
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Assembly election 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 75,196 | 36.94% | 28.15
| |
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 53,441 | 26.25% | 0.68
| |
| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 47,579 | 23.37% | 13.92
| |
| BSP | Md. Rostam Ali Ansari | 6,902 | 3.39% | New | |
| JVM(P) | Virendra Sav | 2,771 | 1.36% | 32.28
| |
| Independent | Babanu Singh | 2,580 | 1.27% | New | |
| CPI(ML)L | Virendra Choudhary | 1,839 | 0.90% | 3.65
| |
| Akhil Bhartiya Jharkhand Party | Anand Kumar Tiwari | 1,785 | 0.88% | New | |
| Independent | Manish Kumar Gupta | 1,605 | 0.79% | New | |
| Independent | Badaruddin Khan | 1,316 | 0.65% | New | |
| Independent | Trivenni Mahto | 1,263 | 0.62% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 21,755 | 10.69% | 3.98
| ||
| Turnout | 2,03,562 | 67.81% | 7.58
| ||
| Registered electors | 3,00,191 | 20.53
| |||
| BJP gain from JVM(P) | Swing | 3.30
|
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Assembly election 2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JVM(P) | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 50,474 | 33.64% | New | |
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 40,412 | 26.94% | New | |
| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 14,180 | 9.45% | New | |
| BJP | Alakh Nath Pandey | 13,191 | 8.79% | New | |
| CPI(ML)L | Kali Charan Mahto | 6,830 | 4.55% | New | |
| AJSU | Anil Kumar Sah | 6,665 | 4.44% | New | |
| Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha | Rajesh Kumar (Garhwa) | 2,298 | 1.53% | New | |
| Independent | Makrant Singh | 1,927 | 1.28% | New | |
| Independent | Pravin Kumar Kesari | 1,879 | 1.25% | New | |
| Independent | Badaruddin Khan | 1,413 | 0.94% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,062 | 6.71% | |||
| Turnout | 1,50,022 | 60.24% | 60.24
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,49,060 | 6.21
| |||
| JVM(P) gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2005
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 34,374 | |||
| JD(U) | Sairaj Ahmed Ansari | 25,841 #DIV/0! | New | ||
| BSP | Anil Sao | 18,225 #DIV/0! | |||
| JMM | Tulsi Singh | 14,439 #DIV/0! | |||
| INC | Amarit Sukla | 13,392 #DIV/0! | |||
| RSMD | Ram Charitra Choudhary | 6,088 #DIV/0! | New | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jitendra Kumar Chandrabansi | 3,938 #DIV/0! | New | ||
| LJP | Md. Shakir | 3,467 #DIV/0! | New | ||
| Independent | Lobhawan Ram | 3,434 #DIV/0! | New | ||
| Independent | Raja Ram Chaubey | 2,482 #DIV/0! | New | ||
| SP | Rajesh Kumar Yadav | 2,395 #DIV/0! | |||
| Margin of victory | 8,533 | ||||
| Turnout | 0 | 64.56% | 53.66
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,34,487 | 24.30
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| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2000
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Girinath Singh | 45,239 | 44.69% | New | |
| BJP | Shyam Narayan Dubey | 33,057 | 32.65% | New | |
| BSP | Ahmad Ali | 8,146 | 8.05% | New | |
| SP | Ram Charitra Choudhary | 4,559 | 4.50% | New | |
| INC | Samsuddin Ansari | 3,309 | 3.27% | New | |
| Independent | Baliwant Pandey | 3,244 | 3.20% | New | |
| CPI | Ganesh Singh | 1,838 | 1.82% | New | |
| JMM | Dr. Jubair Ahmad | 756 | 0.75% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 12,182 | 12.03% | |||
| Turnout | 1,01,232 | 54.67% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,88,639 | ||||
| RJD win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.
- ^ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.