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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 34 · 2018 by-elections

Gomiya

2005200920142018 by-elections20192024

Winner — 2018 by-elections

Babita Devi
JMM
JMM 35.6%AJSUP 34.8%11 others 29.6%
Votes
60,552
35.6% share
Winning margin
1,341
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
13

Gomiya was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 1,341 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Babita Devi
JMM
60,55235.6%
2
Lambodar Mahto
AJSUP
59,21134.8%
3
Madhav Lal Singh
BJP
42,03824.7%
4
Nikhil Kumar Soren
IND
1,9961.2%
5
HemLal Mahto
IND
1,4230.8%
6
Umesh Kumr Mahto
JMM(Ulgulan)
1,3850.8%
7
Gautam Tiwari
IND
8860.5%
8
Dhananjay Kumar Prajapati
IND
6370.4%
9
Deonarayan Murmu
JDP
5940.3%
10
Juli Devi
LJVM
4360.3%
11
Tekochand Mahto
IND
3980.2%
12
MD. Sultan
RLSP
3140.2%
13
Khudi Ram Mahto
IND
2790.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (28th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 2.8% · max 21.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
28th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.27
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
40th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 35.6%AJSUP 34.8%BJP 24.7%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,62,330
Density
715 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,883 km²
SC population14.5%
ST population12.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 79.3%Muslim 11.7%Other 7.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.0%
Electricity70.2%
Sanitation33.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.9%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)32.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.8%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.0%
Health insurance44.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
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