Giridih Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Giridih Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Jharkhand and cast its vote in the 2019 election on May 12.

In Jharkhand, an estimated 65.17 percent turnout was recorded for four Lok Sabha seats.

Chandra Prakash Choudhary of AJSU Party, Jagarnath Mahto of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Rasul Baksh of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Girdih Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand.

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Jharkhand was held in four phases on April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The counting will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Girdih Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Chandra Prakash Choudhary	AJSU Party
2	Jagarnath Mahto	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
3	Rasul Baksh	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Amit Jani	Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena
5	Ahmad Ansari	Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party
6	Chandra Deo Prasad	Aihra National Party
7	Jogeshwar Thakur	Vishva SHakti Party
8	Dwaraka Prasad Lala	Republican Party of India (A)
9	Madhu Sudan	Jharkhand Party (Secular),
10	Shibu Singh	Bhartiya Manavadhikaar Federal Party
11	Sohrab Shah	Bahujan Mukti Party
12	Rajendra Dasaundhi	Independent
13	Sanjeev Kumar Mahato	Independent
14	Simmi Suman	Independent
15	Sunita Tudu	Independent

Giridih constituency covers six assembly segments – Giridih, Dumri, Gomia, Bermo, Tundi and Baghmara.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ravindra Kumar Pandey of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – won by getting a margin of over 40 thousand votes. He had defeated Jagarnath Mahto of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Pandey had secured 391913 votes while Mahto got 351600 votes.