7th Phase Voting: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey Offer Prayers At Basukinath Mandir | Lok Sabha Elections 2024

Nishikant Dubey (born 28 January 1969) is a member of India's 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the Godda constituency in Jharkhand since May 2009, having won the seat in 2009 (15-th Lok Sabha), 2014, and 2019. Polling began at 7 am in Dumka, Rajmahal, and Godda, and will continue till 5 pm. A total of 52 candidates, including eight women, are contesting in this final phase, the state's fourth and the seventh nationwide. Nineteen candidates each are competing in Dumka and Godda, while Rajmahal has 14 contestants. Approximately 53.23 lakh voters are eligible to cast their ballots in these three constituencies, with Godda having the highest number of voters at 20.28 lakh, and Dumka the lowest at 15.91 lakh. Over two lakhs are first-time voters in the 18-19 age group, while 439 are aged over 100 years.