Garhwa Assembly constituency

Garhwa
Garhwa
Constituency No. 80 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Lok Sabha constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Total electors	366,065
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Satyendra Nath Tiwari
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

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

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Year	Name
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Hussainabad cum Garhwa constituency
1957	Rajeshwari Saroj Das	Indian National Congress
1962	Gopi Nath Singh	Swatantra Party
1967	L. Prasad	Indian National Congress
1969	Gopi Nath Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Awadh Kishore Tiwari	Indian National Congress
1977	Vinod N. Dixit	Janata Party
1980	Yugal Kishore Pandey	Indian National Congress
1985	Gopi Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Gopi Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Girinath Singh	Janata Dal
2000	Girinath Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Girinath 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
2024	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	133,109	45.40%	10.74
	JMM	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	1,16,356	39.68%	4.78
	SP	Girinath Singh	8,096	2.76%	New
	BSP	Ajay Kumar Choudhary	7,722	2.63%	1.80
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Singh	4,502	1.54%	New
	Independent	Ram Payare Pal	4,092	1.40%	New
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	Law Kumar Singh	3,202	1.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	937	0.32%	0.08
Margin of victory			16,753	5.71%	4.09
Turnout			2,93,209	69.88%	4.33
Registered electors			4,19,614		14.63
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	0.93

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	106,681	44.46%	21.09
	BJP	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	83,159	34.66%	2.28
	BSP	Birendra Prasad	10,638	4.43%	1.04
	AITC	Mandip Mallah	7,368	3.07%	New
	AIMIM	Md. Najibuddin Khan	6,231	2.60%	New
	JVM(P)	Suraj Prasad Gupta	5,852	2.44%	1.08
	Independent	Bihari Vishwakarma	5,339	2.23%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	953	0.40%	0.14
Margin of victory			23,522	9.80%	0.88
Turnout			2,39,930	65.54%	2.27
Registered electors			3,66,065		21.94
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	7.52

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	75,196	36.94%	28.15
	RJD	Girinath Singh	53,441	26.25%	0.68
	JMM	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	47,579	23.37%	13.92
	BSP	Md. Rostam Ali Ansari	6,902	3.39%	New
	JVM(P)	Virendra Sav	2,771	1.36%	32.28
	Independent	Babanu Singh	2,580	1.27%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Virendra Choudhary	1,839	0.90%	3.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,100	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			21,755	10.69%	3.98
Turnout			2,03,562	67.81%	7.58
Registered electors			3,00,191		20.53
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	3.30

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	50,474	33.64%	*New*
	RJD	Girinath Singh	40,412	26.94%	4.23
	JMM	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	14,180	9.45%	0.09
	BJP	Alakh Nath Pandey	13,191	8.79%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Kali Charan Mahto	6,830	4.55%	1.95
	AJSU	Anil Kumar Sah	6,665	4.44%	New
	NJSM	Rajesh Kumar (Garhwa)	2,298	1.53%	New
Margin of victory			10,062	6.71%	1.07
Turnout			1,50,022	60.24%	4.33
Registered electors			2,49,060		6.21
	JVM(P) gain from RJD		Swing	10.94

Overview

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Girinath Singh	34,374	22.71%	21.98
	JD(U)	Sairaj Ahmed Ansari	25,841	17.07%	New
	BSP	Anil Sao	18,225	12.04%	3.99
	JMM	Tulsi Singh	14,439	9.54%	New
	INC	Amarit Sukla	13,392	8.85%	5.58
	RSMD	Ram Charitra Choudhary	6,088	4.02%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Jitendra Kumar Chandrabansi	3,938	2.60%	New
Margin of victory			8,533	5.64%	6.40
Turnout			1,51,390	64.56%	10.90
Registered electors			2,34,487		24.30
	RJD hold		Swing	21.98

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Garhwa^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Girinath Singh	45,239	44.69%	*New*
	BJP	Shyam Narayan Dubey	33,057	32.65%	New
	BSP	Ahmad Ali	8,146	8.05%	New
	SP	Ram Charitra Choudhary	4,559	4.50%	New
	INC	Samsuddin Ansari	3,309	3.27%	New
	Independent	Baliwant Pandey	3,244	3.20%	New
	CPI	Ganesh Singh	1,838	1.82%	New
Margin of victory			12,182	12.03%
Turnout			1,01,232	54.67%
Registered electors			1,88,639
	RJD win (new seat)