Godda Constituency Result LIVE: As the counting of votes came to an end in Godda consituency, BJP's Amit Kumar has won by 4512 votes. He has defeated RJD's Sanjay Prasad Yadav.
Godda assembly seat has been a stronghold of the ruling BJP. In 2005, Manohar Kumar Tekariwal of BJP won the seat. Sanjay Prasad Yadav of the RJD won in 2009, while Raghu Nandan Mandal of BJP regained control in 2014. A bypoll was necessitated after Raghu's death. His son Amit Kumar Mandal won by a margin of 34,551 votes by defeating RJD candidate Sanjay Yadav. Sitting MLA Amit is contesting the election on BJP ticket this election.
Polling in Jharkhand Assembly elections 2019 was held in 5 phases between November 30 and December 20, 2019 to elect the 81 members of the Legislative Assembly.
Coalition |
Parties |
Number of candidates |
|
---|---|---|---|
UPA (81) |
Congress |
31 |
|
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
43 |
||
Rashtriya Janata Dal |
7 |
||
NDA |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
79 |
|
All Jharkhand Students Union |
52 |
||
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha |
81 |
Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2014 Result
In Jharkhand Assembly elections 2014, BJP swept 37 out of the 81 seats and with its allies AJSU party (5) and JVM(6) formed the government with 48 seats in the alliance. Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014.
Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLAs on 11 February 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly.