Ranchi, Jun 4 (PTI) Sitting BJP MP Nishikant Dubey won the Godda Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand by a margin of 1.01 lakh votes, defeating his nearest rival Congress's Pradeep Yadav, the Election Commission said.

Dubey has been winning the seat since 2009.

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In 2019, he retained the seat by defeating Yadav, who had then contested as a JVM-P candidate, by a margin of over 1.84 lakh votes.

Voting was held on June 1 in Godda, and it registered a 68.63-per cent turnout. In 2019, the constituency had recorded a 69.57-per cent turnout.

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