Garhwa Assembly constituency

Garhwa Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.[1]

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

ElectionMemberParty
2005 Giri Nath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Satyendra Nath Tiwari Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
2014 Satyendra Nath Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Mithilesh Kumar Thakur Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election Results

2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa
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

  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.

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