Giridih is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Jharkhand of Jharkhand and is located in East India. Giridih Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 68.47%. There are 15,11,644 voters of which 8,11,587 are male and 7,00,052 are female and 5 voters of the third gender.
Ravindra Kumar Pandey of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating JMM. BJP polled 3,91,913 of the total of 9,69,997 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Giridih goes to the polls in the 6st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 12, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 64.25%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 6 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,11,644 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,11,587 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,00,052 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 64.25% | 45.98% |
| Margin of Victory | 40,313 | 94,738 |
| Margin of Victory % | 4.16% | 15.3% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 64.25% | 45.98% |
| Margin of Victory | 40,313 | 94,738 |
| Margin of Victory % | 4.16% | 15.3% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJSU | 648277 | 58.57% | Chandra Prakash ChoudharyWinner |
| JMM | 399930 | 36.13% | Jagarnath Mahto |
| NOTA | 19708 | 1.78% | Nota |
| BSP | 10061 | 0.91% | Rasul Baksh |
| IND | 9077 | 0.82% | Sunita Tudu |
| IND | 4173 | 0.38% | Simmi Suman |
| IND | 2217 | 0.20% | Sanjeev Kumar Mahato |
| UPNS | 2051 | 0.19% | Amit Jani |
| RPI(A) | 1896 | 0.17% | Dwaraka Prasad Lal |
| IND | 1667 | 0.15% | Rajendra Dasaundhi |
| ANP | 1650 | 0.15% | Chandra Deo Prasad |
| BMP | 1448 | 0.13% | Sohrab Shah |
| JHKP (S) | 1244 | 0.11% | Madhu Sudan |
| VSKP | 1225 | 0.11% | Jogeshwari Thakur |
| BMFP | 1206 | 0.11% | Shibu Singh |
| BLRP | 1088 | 0.10% | Ahmad Ansari |
