Jharkhand's Gandey Assembly seat voted on December 16, during the fourth phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections 2019.
In the 2014 elections, Jai Prakash Verma of the BJP defeated Salakhan Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Mr Verma got 48,838 votes while his nearest opponent secured 38,559 votes.
For the 2019 Jharkhand Assembly elections in Gandey, candidates in the fray include Arjun Baitha (AJSU Party), Sarfraz Ahmad (JMM), Md. Sayeed Alam (Indian Union Muslim League or IUML), Dilip Kumar Verma (Jharkhand Vikas Morcha - Prajatantrik), Rajesh Kumar (Communist Party of India Marxist - Leninist - Liberation), Jai Prakash Verma (BJP), Avadhesh Kumar Singh (Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP), Intekhab Ansari (AIMIM) and Manoranjan Sinha (Shiv Sena).
Gandey Assembly constituency is part of the Kodarma Lok Sabha segment which is currently represented by Annapurna Devi Yadav of the BJP.
Results for the Gandey Assembly elections will be announced on December 23.
In 2009 Jharkhand Assembly elections, Sarfraz Ahmad of Congress defeated Salkhan Soren of JMM in Gandey Assembly constituency.
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