Godda Lok Sabha Constituency: Electoral battle between Nishikant Dubey of BJP and Dipika Pandey Singh of Congress

Bharatiya Janata Party holds the mantle of being called the dominant party on this seat as they have won eight out of the last nine Lok Sabha elections from Godda Lok Sabha seat.

Godda Lok Sabha Constituency: Nishikant Dubey, BJP (Left) and Dipika Pandey Singh, INC (Right)

Godda Lok Sabha Constituency: One of Jharkhand’s 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, Godda Lok Sabha was established in 1962, a decade after the country’s first Lok Sabha election. It covers the entire Godda district and some parts of the Deoghar and Dumka districts. It is comprised of six Vidhan Sabha seats. The 2024 Lok Sabha pollings in Godda are scheduled to take place in phase 7 on Saturday, June 1.

Bharatiya Janata Party holds the mantle of being called the dominant party on this seat as they have won eight out of the last nine Lok Sabha elections from this seat, including the last three back-to-back, i.e., in 2009, 2014 and 2019. Congress is the second most successful party in the Godda Lok Sabha seat, as they won five of the first six elections for this seat.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the electoral battle will be between the incumbent MP from Godda, i.e., Nishikant Dubey of BJP and the incumbent MLA of Mahagama, one of the Vidhan Sabha seats under Godda Lok Sabha, Dipika Pandey Singh of Congress.

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Nishikant Dubey (BJP)

Nishikant Dubey (Right) with PM Modi (Left) (Credits_ X_@nishikant_dubey)

Nishikant Dubey with PM Modi. (Credits_ X_@nishikant_dubey)

The three-time incumbent MP from Godda, Nishikant Dubey, will be representing the BJP for the fourth consecutive time and will be looking to extend BJP’s dominance over the seat even further. Dubey started his Lok Sabha journey in 2009 when he successfully contested the General elections from Godda and entered the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He went on to retain his seat in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections to become one of the most prominent leaders in Jharkhand.

Dipika Pandey Singh (Congress)

Dipika Pandey Singh, INC (Credits_ X_@DipikaPS)

Congress, who got Godda’s seat as a part of their seat-sharing deal in the I.N.D.I.A. alliance, has fielded Dipika Singh Pandey, the incumbent MLA from Mahagama, as their candidate for the 18th Lok Sabha elections. Before venturing into mainstream electoral politics, she also served as District President of the Godda District Congress Committee and National Secretary of Mahila Congress.

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