Gandey Assembly constituency

Gandey
Gandey
Constituency No. 31 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Lok Sabha constituency	Kodarma
Established	2000
Total electors	269,330
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kalpana Soren
Party	JMM
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A. ; MGB
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad ; JMM

Gandey Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]^[2]

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Year	Member
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1977: Constituency did not exist
1977	Laxman Swarnkar	Janata Party
1980	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	Indian National Congress
1985	Salkhan Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1990	Salkhan Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1995	Laxman Swarnkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Salkhan Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Salkhan Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	Indian National Congress
2014	Jai Prakash Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2024^	Kalpana Soren
2024	Kalpana Soren

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Kalpana Soren	119,372	50.51%	1.04
	BJP	Muniya Devi	1,02,230	43.26%	4.46
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	Arjun Baitha	2,760	1.17%	New
	Independent	Rameshwar Dusadh	2,539	1.07%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,051	1.29%	0.69
Margin of victory			17,142	7.25%	5.49
Turnout			2,36,339	73.88%	5.02
Registered electors			3,19,910		1.07
	JMM hold		Swing	1.04

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Kalpana Soren	109,827	51.55%	16.84
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Verma	82,678	38.80%	8.82
	Independent	Arjun Baitha	6,960	3.27%	New
	AIMIM	Intekhab Ansari	4,764	2.24%	New
	Independent	Md. Kausar Azad	2,054	0.96%	New
	Independent	Md. Sayeed Alam	1,988	0.93%	New
	Independent	Awadhesh Kumar Singh	1,138	0.53%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	4,219	1.98%	0.01
Margin of victory			27,149	12.74%	8.01
Turnout			2,13,069	68.86%	0.70
Registered electors			3,16,514		17.51
	JMM hold		Swing	16.84

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	65,023	34.71%	11.90
	BJP	Jai Prakash Verma	56,168	29.98%	1.09
	AJSU	Arjun Baitha	15,361	8.20%	New
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Yadav	9,900	5.28%	New
	Independent	Karmila Tudu	9,056	4.83%	New
	JVM(P)	Dilip Kumar Verma	8,952	4.78%	1.97
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	7,408	3.95%	2.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,734	1.99%	New
Margin of victory			8,855	4.73%	1.35
Turnout			1,87,343	69.56%	1.13
Registered electors			2,69,330		12.63
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	5.81

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Prakash Verma	48,838	28.89%	12.21
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	38,559	22.81%	0.97
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	35,727	21.14%	9.09
	JVM(P)	Laxman Swarnkar	11,407	6.75%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	11,202	6.63%	7.48
	Independent	Mumtaz Ansari	3,579	2.12%	New
	Independent	Shhadat Ansari	3,388	2.00%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	868	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			10,279	6.08%	0.37
Turnout			1,69,027	70.69%	5.01
Registered electors			2,39,127		19.81
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.34

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gandey^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	39,625	30.23%	*New*
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	31,170	23.78%	4.68
	BJP	Punam Prakash	21,865	16.68%	8.46
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Yadav	18,497	14.11%	9.42
	Independent	Hiralal Murmu	3,184	2.43%	New
	AJSU	Anima Hansada	2,540	1.94%	New
	RJD	Meenakshi Devi	2,428	1.85%	25.44
Margin of victory			8,455	6.45%	5.28
Turnout			1,31,078	65.67%	0.48
Registered electors			1,99,596		0.50
	INC gain from JMM		Swing	1.77

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gandey^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	36,849	28.46%	3.21
	RJD	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	35,337	27.29%	11.86
	BJP	Laxman Swarnkar	32,545	25.14%	1.45
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	6,070	4.69%	New
	BSP	Binod Kumar Verma	5,228	4.04%	1.14
	Independent	Sidheshwar Haimbram	2,372	1.83%	New
	SP	Praveen Singh	2,179	1.68%	3.42
Margin of victory			1,512	1.17%	6.82
Turnout			1,29,474	65.19%	1.80
Registered electors			1,98,602		19.11
	JMM hold		Swing	3.21

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Gandey^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	35,375	31.67%	*New*
	BJP	Laxman Swarnkar	26,457	23.69%	New
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	19,693	17.63%	New
	RJD	Shobha Yadav	17,240	15.44%	New
	SP	Md. Kashim Naushad Ali	5,696	5.10%	New
	BSP	Vinod Kumar Verma	3,235	2.90%	New
	CPI	Shambhu Nath Mitra	2,392	2.14%	New
Margin of victory			8,918	7.98%
Turnout			1,11,694	67.77%
Registered electors			1,66,734
	JMM win (new seat)