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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 17 · 2016 by-elections

Godda

Winner — 2016 by-elections

Amit Kumar Mandal '"E"'
BJP 52.4%RJD 30.8%13 others 16.8%
Votes
83,987
52.4% share
Winning margin
34,551
21.5% of votes
Total candidates
15

Godda is a safe seat — Amit Kumar Mandal '"E"' won by 21.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Amit Kumar Mandal '"E"'
83,98752.4%
2
Sanjay Prasad Yadav
49,43630.8%
3
Sanjiv Marik Yadav
18,33711.4%
4
Hasina Ansari
INDEPENDENT
1,9811.2%
5
Ashok Tiwari
INDEPENDENT
1,2100.8%
6
Dr. Shrilal Kisku
INDEPENDENT
1,0000.6%
7
Hasan
INDEPENDENT
9800.6%
8
Manoj Kumar
6150.4%
9
Kirani Manjhi
BMP
6080.4%
10
Rajesh Paswan
INDEPENDENT
4360.3%
11
Ritesh Singh
INDEPENDENT
4270.3%
12
Abdhesh Sah
INDEPENDENT
3660.2%
13
Dilip Kumar Jha
INDEPENDENT
3520.2%
14
Jay Prakash Prasad
INDEPENDENT
3390.2%
15
Prafull Kumar
INDEPENDENT
3110.2%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (38th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 2.4% · max 19.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
38th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
48th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 52.4%RJD 30.8%JMM 11.4%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,13,551
Density
580 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,266 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population21.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 22.0%Other 6.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity17.2%
Sanitation10.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.2%
Children fully vaccinated63.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.4%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.3%
Women literate46.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.5%
Clean cooking fuel19.7%
Health insurance45.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tasar Silk

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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