BJP wins in Kodarma by 1,797 votes: Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019

Dr. Neera Yadav of BJP beats RJD's Amitabh Kumar in Kodarma

BJP won Kodarma, defeating second-placed RJD by 1797 votes. It had also won Kodarma in the previous election, and retained the seat with a narrow margin.

Kodarma is in the North Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand. It is a predominantly rural constituency.

Dr. Neera Yadav of the BJP received 31.3% of the vote, compared to 30.5% of the RJD's Amitabh Kumar. BJP's voteshare fell by 12.2% from 2014, while RJD's voteshare fell by 6.1%.

The constituency saw a 3-cornered contest, with Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, AJSU Party all getting a voteshare of 10% of more.

Party	Name	Votes	Vote (%)	Party Voteshare Change
Bharatiya Janata Party	Dr. Neera Yadav	63675	31.3%	-12.2%
Rashtriya Janata Dal	Amitabh Kumar	61878	30.5%	-6.1%
AJSU Party	Shalini Gupta	45014	22.2%	+22.2%
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	Ramesh Harshdhar	9557	4.7%	-0.8%
Independent	Yogendra Kumar Pandit	4169	2.1%	-
Bahujan Samaj Party	Prakash Ambedkar	3627	1.8%	+0.3%
Independent	Chandradev Yadav	2449	1.2%	-
Independent	Bhuneshwar Giri	2384	1.2%	-
Independent	Raj Kumar Pd. Yadav	1745	0.9%	-
None of the Above	Nota	1536	0.8%	+0.8%
Independent	Dhiraj Kumar	1346	0.7%	-
Independent	Deepak Yadav	1318	0.6%	-
Lok Jan Shakti Party	Rajiv Kumar Pandey	938	0.5%	+0.5%
Independent	Gulam Mustafa	861	0.4%	-
Moolniwasi Samaj Party	Mahendr Prasad	771	0.4%	+0.4%
Samajwadi Party	Subhash Mistry	676	0.3%	-1.7%
Aam Aadmi Party	Santosh Kumar Singh	620	0.3%	+0.3%
Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)	Md. Mubark	557	0.3%	+0.3%