Garhwa Assembly constituency
Garhwa Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.[1]
| 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 |
| Total electors | 366,065 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Overview
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
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Giri Nath Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2009 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | |
| 2014 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019 | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
Election Results
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMM | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | 106,681 | 44.46 | ||
| BJP | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | 83,159 | 34.66 | ||
| BSP | Birendra Prasad | 10,638 | 4.43 | ||
| TMC | Mandip Mallah | 7,368 | 3.07 | ||
| AIMIM | Md. Najibuddin Khan | 6,231 | 2.60 | ||
| JVM(P) | Suraj Prasad Gupta | 5,852 | 2.44 | ||
| Independent | Bihari Vishwakarma | 5,339 | 2.23 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Kumar Tiwari | 4,114 | 1.71 | ||
| Rest of the candidates | ~10,500 | 4.40 | |||
| Majority | 23,522 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| JMM gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.
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