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

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Godda 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 19.

In Jharkhand, over 70.54 per cent of the total 45,64,681 voters exercised their franchise. 

Zaffar Obaid of Bahujan Samaj Party, Nishikant Dubey of Bharatiya Janata Party and Bajrangi Mahtha of Bahujan Mukti Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Godda 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 Godda Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Zaffar Obaid	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Nishikant Dubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Pradeep Yadav	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
4	Asha Makede	Pichhara Samaj Party United
5	Noor Hassan	Rashtriya Samta Party (Secular)
6	Bajrangi Mahtha	Bahujan Mukti Party
7	Murari Kapri	Aam Adhikar Morcha
8	Anup Kumar Sinha	Independent
9	Jitendra Kumar Barnwal	Independent
10	Madhusudan Ray	Independent
11	Mahesh Kumar Suman	Independent
12	K. Rangaiah	Independent
13	Birendra Kumar	Independent

Godda constituency covers six assembly segments – Madhupur, Deoghar which is reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes, Jarmundi, Poreyahat, Godda and Mahagama.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Nishikant Dubey of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – won by getting a margin of over 60 thousand votes. Furkan Ansari of the Indian National Congress (INC). Dubey had secured 380500 votes while Ansari got 319818 votes.