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Assembly constituency 17 · Jharkhand

Godda is assembly constituency number 17 in Jharkhand, in Godda district, and one of the segments of the Godda Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Sanjay Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal won with 49.6% of the vote, 21,471 votes ahead of Amit Kumar Mandal (BJP).

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Godda · 2024AC 17
  1. 01
    Sanjay Prasad Yadav
    RJD
    1,09,487
    49.56%
  2. 02
    Amit Kumar Mandal
    BJP
    88,016
    39.84%
  3. 03
    Parimal Kumar Thakur
    JLKM
    9,237
    4.18%
  4. 04
    Shahid Raja
    Independent
    3,248
    1.47%
  5. 05
    Ranjit Kumar
    ASPKR
    1,530
    0.69%
  6. 10 other candidates · 7,090 votesNOTA · 2,308 (1.04%)

Margin 21,471 votes · 9.72% of valid votes

3,14,979
Registered electors
2024 election
70.5%
Turnout
+4.1 pts vs 2019
21,471
Victory margin
9.7% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 15 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,20,916 valid votes, NOTA included.

Godda 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sanjay Prasad YadavMale · 51 yrsRJD1,09,487
49.56%
2Amit Kumar MandalMale · 40 yrsBJP88,016
39.84%
3Parimal Kumar ThakurMale · 54 yrsJLKM9,237
4.18%
4Shahid RajaMale · 30 yrsIndependent3,248
1.47%
—NOTANOTA2,308
1.04%
5Ranjit KumarMale · 29 yrsASPKR1,530
0.69%
6Shree Ram TuriMale · 42 yrs · SCBSP1,371
0.62%
7Gyaneshwar JhaMale · 61 yrsJRJP1,021
0.46%
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8Shambhu PanditMale · 43 yrsIndependent942
0.43%
9Hem Kant ThakurMale · 70 yrsIndependent899
0.41%
10Noor HasanMale · 52 yrsSAP604
0.27%
11Niranjan Prasad YadavMale · 47 yrsIndependent573
0.26%
12Prakhar KumarMale · 38 yrsIndependent491
0.22%
13Raju KumarMale · 33 yrsSUCI445
0.20%
14Balram PaswanMale · 48 yrs · SCPPID393
0.18%
15Dilip Kumar SahMale · 56 yrsIndependent351
0.16%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2019, RJD in 2024.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024RJD 49.6%BJP 39.8%JLKM 4.2%JD(U) 3.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Sanjay Prasad YadavRJD · 49.6% · margin 21,471Turnout70.5%
2016 byeAmit Kumar MandalBJP · 51.6% · margin 34,551Turnout60.5%
2014Raghu Nandan MandalBJP · 48.7% · margin 34,486Turnout66.1%
2009Sanjay Prasad YadavRJD · 31.1% · margin 8,755Turnout58.2%
2019Amit Kumar MandalBJP · 45.7% · margin 4,512Turnout66.4%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Godda bye-election, 16 May 2016

Turnout 60.5% · 1,62,707 of 2,69,112 electors voted

Godda bye-election 2016-05-16 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Amit Kumar MandalBJP83,987
51.62%
2Sanjay Prasad YadavRJD49,436
30.38%
3Sanjiv Marik YadavJMM18,337
11.27%
—NOTANOTA2,322
1.43%
4Hasina AnsariIndependent1,981
1.22%
5Ashok TiwariIndependent1,210
0.74%
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6Dr. Shrilal KiskuIndependent1,000
0.61%
7HasanIndependent980
0.60%
8Manoj KumarCPI615
0.38%
9Kirani ManjhiBMP608
0.37%
10Rajesh PaswanIndependent436
0.27%
11Ritesh SinghIndependent427
0.26%
12Abdhesh SahIndependent366
0.22%
13Dilip Kumar JhaIndependent352
0.22%
14Jay Prakash PrasadIndependent339
0.21%
15Prafull KumarIndependent311
0.19%

Godda result 2019

Godda 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Amit Kumar MandalBJP87,578
45.74%
2Sanjay Prasad YadavRJD83,066
43.38%
3Ravindra MahtoJD(U)6,417
3.35%
—NOTANOTA2,731
1.43%
4Phool KumariJVM1,728
0.90%
5Noor HassanPECP1,708
0.89%
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6Awadhesh Kumar SinghAJSUP1,596
0.83%
7Rabindra Shankar MishraAAP1,019
0.53%
8Pradip Kumar PanditBSP985
0.51%
9Babita DeviNCP899
0.47%
10Pritam SinghIndependent895
0.47%
11Anil Kumar MahtoAMB834
0.44%
12Ritesh SinghIndependent813
0.42%
13Pritam Kumar GadiaIndependent624
0.33%
14Gyaneshwar JhaJRJP585
0.31%

Godda result 2014

Godda 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Raghu Nandan MandalBJP87,158
48.71%
2Sanjay Prasad YadavRJD52,672
29.44%
3Rajesh Kumar SahJMM17,329
9.69%
4Sanjeev AnandJVM6,994
3.91%
—NOTANOTA2,889
1.61%
5Bindeshwari Prasad SahIndependent2,678
1.50%
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6Hasina AnsariIndependent1,660
0.93%
7Viveka Nand MishraBSP1,346
0.75%
8Arbind RamdasIndependent1,161
0.65%
9Manoj KumarCPI(ML)(L)1,150
0.64%
10Hem Kant ThakurIndependent1,101
0.62%
11Ramdev RayIndependent1,089
0.61%
12Niranjan Prasad YadavIndependent743
0.42%
13Umesh MahtoMCO513
0.29%
14Kirani ManjhiBMUP433
0.24%

Godda result 2009

Godda 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sanjay Prasad YadavRJD43,502
31.09%
2Raghu Nandan MandalBJP34,747
24.83%
3Manohar Kumar TekriwalJMM22,832
16.32%
4Rajesh KumarJVM13,031
9.31%
5Suresh Kumar MahtoBSP5,803
4.15%
6Mujiv AlamIndependent3,234
2.31%
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7Kumar JitendraNCP1,687
1.21%
8Niranjan Prasad YadavIndependent1,677
1.20%
9AminIndependent1,575
1.13%
10Nalnidhar SahayIndependent1,273
0.91%
11Arjun SahIndependent1,063
0.76%
12Santosh YadavIndependent1,015
0.73%
13Prabhu Dayal PanditIndependent1,003
0.72%
14Md. Jamil AkhtarMUL897
0.64%
15Arvind Ram DasIndependent838
0.60%
16Sanjeev Kumar MahtoAJSUP765
0.55%
17Madhusudan MarandiIndependent639
0.46%
18Noor HassanSAP598
0.43%
19Hifjur RahmanTMC597
0.43%
20Shivendra Kumar SinghIndependent570
0.41%
21Shashi Bhushan SinghIndependent554
0.40%
22Sri Kant SahIndependent534
0.38%
23Vinod KumarIndependent533
0.38%
24Ganesh MahtoIndependent524
0.37%
25Sanjay PanjiyaraIndependent443
0.32%
Map

Godda outlined in orange among the other Jharkhand seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Godda district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

JMMBJPINCRJDCPI(ML)(L)AJSUPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Godda is one of the assembly segments of Godda. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Godda candidates.

  • Nishikant DubeyBJP1,07,698 50.7%
  • Pradeep YadavINC90,601 42.6%
  • Uday Shankar KhawareIndependent3,469 1.6%
  • Arun MarikIndependent2,309 1.1%
  • Nilesh Kumar GuptaIndependent1,492 0.7%

In the assembly election RJD won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 17,097 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Godda.

Who won the Godda assembly seat in 2024?

Sanjay Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won Godda in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,09,487 votes, which was 49.56% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Godda?

The margin was 21,471 votes (9.72% of valid votes). The runner-up was Amit Kumar Mandal of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 88,016 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Godda in 2024?

Turnout was 70.52%: 2,22,125 of 3,14,979 registered electors voted, across 397 polling stations. That is 4.1 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Godda part of?

Godda is an assembly segment of the Godda Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Nishikant Dubey got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Godda had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 16 May 2016, Amit Kumar Mandal (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 34,551 votes.

Is Godda a reserved constituency?

No. Godda is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Godda?

The Jharkhand assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Jharkhand assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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