Sat Nov 23 01:13:19 UTC 2024: ## Gandey Assembly Seat Sees Close Contest in Jharkhand Elections

**Ranchi, Jharkhand –** The Gandey Assembly constituency in Jharkhand concluded its voting on November 20th, 2024, with a closely fought contest. Fifteen major candidates contested the seat, notably Md Kausar Azad from the BSP and Kalpana Murmu Soren from the JMM. The 2019 election saw a JMM victory, with Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad securing the seat with an 8855-vote margin over BJP’s Jai Prakash Verma. Voter turnout in 2019 was 69.6%, with JMM securing 34.7% of the vote.

While final results are pending, the election saw significant campaigning from BJP, deploying prominent leaders like Prime Minister Modi, Amit Shah, and Yogi Adityanath across both Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Exit polls predict a victory for the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra and a close contest in Jharkhand. A BJP victory would counter claims of the party’s weakening since the Lok Sabha elections. The majority mark needed to form a government is 145 seats in Maharashtra and 41 in Jharkhand. Further updates on the Gandey constituency results, including details on candidate backgrounds and party performance across all 81 Jharkhand seats, will be provided as they become available.

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