Daltonganj Assembly constituency

Daltonganj
Constituency No. 76 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
LS constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Total electors	346,781
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Alok Kumar Chaurasiya
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

Daltonganj is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Amiya Kumar Ghosh		Indian National Congress
1957	Umeshwari Charan		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Sachidanand Tripathy		Swatantra Party
1967	Puran Chand		Sanghata Socialist Party
1969			Samyukta Socialist Party
1972			Socialist Party
1977			Janata Party
1980	Inder Singh Namdhari		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Ishwar Chandra Pandey		Indian National Congress
1990	Inder Singh Namdhari		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995			Janata Dal
2000			Janata Dal (United)
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Inder Singh Namdhari		Janata Dal (United)
2009	Krishna Nand Tripathi		Indian National Congress
2014	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya [3]		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha [a]
2019			Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Daltonganj ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya	102,175	38.43%	9.14
	INC	Krishna Nand Tripathi	1,01,285	38.10%	0.40
	Independent	Dilip Singh Namdhari	21,232	7.99%	New
	ASP(KR)	Ajay Kumar Singh	13,549	5.10%	New
	CPI	Ruchir Kumar Tiwari	4,841	1.82%	New
	Independent	Chanardhan Singh	3,159	1.19%	New
	JLKM	Aniket	2,429	0.91%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,214	0.46%	1.77
Margin of victory			890	0.33%	9.54
Turnout			2,65,856	66.03%	3.17
Registered electors			4,02,626		16.10
	BJP hold		Swing	9.14

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Daltonganj ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya	103,698	47.57%	26.14
	INC	Krishna Nand Tripathi	82,181	37.70%	10.10
	JVM(P)	Rahul Agrawal	12,061	5.53%	24.25
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Singh	3,863	1.77%	New
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Sharma	2,979	1.37%	New
	BSP	Jagannath Prasad Singh	2,661	1.22%	New
	NCP	Vijeta Verma	1,208	0.55%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,850	2.22%	1.53
Margin of victory			21,517	9.87%	7.68
Turnout			2,17,999	62.86%	1.84
Registered electors			3,46,781		12.87
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	17.79

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Daltonganj ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya	59,202	29.78%	New
	INC	Krishna Nand Tripathi	54,855	27.59%	2.00
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Singh	42,597	21.43%	5.29
	Independent	Dilip Singh Namdhari	18,892	9.50%	New
	Independent	Azimuddin Miyan	3,104	1.56%	New
	Independent	Amlesh Prasad	2,031	1.02%	New
	Bharatiya Suraaj Dal	P. K. Siddharth	1,659	0.83%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,378	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			4,347	2.19%	0.69
Turnout			1,98,790	64.70%	9.75
Registered electors			3,07,237		14.68
	JVM(P) gain from INC		Swing	0.18

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Daltonganj ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishna Nand Tripathi	43,571	29.60%	18.78
	BJP	Dilip Singh Namdhari	39,338	26.72%	New
	BSP	Anil Kumar Chaurasiya	37,380	25.39%	New
	RJD	Gyan Chand Pandey	5,180	3.52%	11.86
	JMM	Satish Kumar	4,444	3.02%	New
	AJSU	Sazid Ahmad Si.	3,872	2.63%	New
	Independent	Fuli Singh	2,510	1.71%	New
Margin of victory			4,233	2.88%	0.36
Turnout			1,47,212	54.95%	5.01
Registered electors			2,67,909		7.63
	INC gain from JD(U)		Swing	0.81

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Daltonganj ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Inder Singh Namdhari	45,386	30.41%	10.02
	Independent	Anil Kumar Chaurasiya	41,625	27.89%	New
	RJD	Gyan Chand Pandey	22,954	15.38%	9.60
	INC	Krishna Nand Tripathi	16,147	10.82%	4.97
	CPI	Shailendra Kumar	2,018	1.35%	2.03
	Independent	Shakhi Gopal Prasad	1,942	1.30%	New
	Samata Party	Phuli Singh	1,930	1.29%	New
Margin of victory			3,761	2.52%	12.93
Turnout			1,49,251	59.96%	11.08
Registered electors			2,48,912		20.93
	JD(U) hold		Swing	10.02

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election  : Daltonganj ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Inder Singh Namdhari	40,675	40.42%	New
	RJD	Anil Kumar Chaurasiya	25,132	24.98%	New
	INC	Chandra Shekhar Shukla	15,884	15.79%	New
	JMM	Sanjeev Kumar Tiwary	4,310	4.28%	New
	SJP(R)	Shatrughan Ojha	4,092	4.07%	New
	CPI	Shalendra Kumar	3,404	3.38%	New
	Independent	Puranchand	2,539	2.52%	New
Margin of victory			15,543	15.45%
Turnout			1,00,620	49.71%
Registered electors			2,05,829
	JD(U) win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

Notes

1. Six JVM(P) MLAs joined BJP in 2015

References

1. "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
3. "Six JVM(P) MLAs join BJP in Jharkhand". The Hindu. 11 February 2015. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 December 2024.
4. Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
5. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
8. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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