Gandey
Constituency No. 31 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
LS constituency	Kodarma
Total electors	269,330
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant
Elected year	2019

Gandey Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• 1977: Laxman Swarnkar, Janata Party
• 1980: Sarfaraz Ahmad, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Salkhan Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
• 1990: Salkhan Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
• 1995: Laxman Swarnkar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Gandey^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	65,023	34.71%	11.90
	BJP	Jai Prakash Verma	56,168	29.98%	1.09
	AJSU	Arjun Baitha	15,361	8.20%	New
	Independent	Sunil Kr. Yadav	9,900	5.28%	New
	Independent	Karmila Tudu	9,056	4.83%	New
	JVM(P)	Dilip Kumar Verma	8,952	4.78%	1.97
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	7,408	3.95%	2.67
	AIMIM	Intekhab Ansari	6,039	3.22%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,734	1.99%	New
	Independent	Lalita Ray	2,076	1.11%	New
	Independent	Arun Prasad Verma	1,625	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			8,855	4.73%	1.35
Turnout			1,87,343	69.56%	1.13
Registered electors			2,69,330		12.63
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	5.81

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Gandey^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Prakash Verma	48,838	28.89%	12.21
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	38,559	22.81%	0.97
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	35,727	21.14%	9.09
	JVM(P)	Laxman Swarnkar	11,407	6.75%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	11,202	6.63%	7.48
	Independent	Mumtaz Ansari	3,579	2.12%	New
	Independent	Shhadat Ansari	3,388	2.00%	New
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Yunus Ansari	2,521	1.49%	New
	Independent	Shivanath Sav	2,116	1.25%	New
	Independent	Lalita Ray	1,833	1.08%	New
	Rashtriya Garib Dal	Pappu Kumar	1,398	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			10,279	6.08%	0.37
Turnout			1,69,027	70.69%	5.01
Registered electors			2,39,127		19.81
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.34

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Gandey^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	39,625	30.23%	New
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	31,170	23.78%	4.68
	BJP	Punam Prakash	21,865	16.68%	8.46
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Yadav	18,497	14.11%	9.42
	Independent	Hiralal Murmu	3,184	2.43%	New
	AJSU	Anima Hansada	2,540	1.94%	0.83
	RJD	Meenakshi Devi	2,428	1.85%	25.44
	Independent	Baijnath Prasad Verma	2,197	1.68%	New
	Independent	Saryu Gope	2,036	1.55%	New
	Independent	Mumtaz Ansari	1,205	0.92%	New
	Independent	Pramli Devi	1,109	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			8,455	6.45%	5.28
Turnout			1,31,078	65.67%	0.48
Registered electors			1,99,596		0.50
	INC gain from JMM		Swing	1.77

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Gandey^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Salkhan Soren	36,849	28.46%	3.21
	RJD	Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad	35,337	27.29%	11.86
	BJP	Laxman Swarnkar	32,545	25.14%	1.45
	CPI(ML)L	Rajesh Kumar	6,070	4.69%	New
	BSP	Binod Kumar Verma	5,228	4.04%	1.14
	Independent	Sidheshwar Haimbram	2,372	1.83%	New
	SP	Praveen Singh	2,179	1.68%	3.42
	Independent	Babulal Mahto	2,000	1.54%	New
	Independent	Baijnath Prasad Verma	1,962	1.52%	New
	AJSU	Sanatan Marandi	1,438	1.11%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Umesh Chandra Trivedi	1,320	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			1,512	1.17%	6.82
Turnout			1,29,474	65.19%	1.80
Registered electors			1,98,602		19.11
	JMM hold		Swing	3.21

Assembly Election 2000