Dashrath Gagrai

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Dashrath Gagrai
Citizenship India
Occupation Politician
Years active2014-present
Political party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Dashrath Gagrai is an Indian politician from the state of Jharkhand who is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He represents the Kharsawan assembly constituency of Seraikela Kharsawan district. [1] [2]

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Political career

In the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Dashrath contested from Kharsawan Assembly constituency constituency as a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate. In this election, he got a total of 72,002 votes and was elected to the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He defeated his nearest rival Arjun Munda of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 11,966 votes. He served in this assembly from 2014 to 2019. [3]

In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Dashrath contested from Kharsawan Assembly constituency constituency as a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate. In this election, he got a total of 73,341 votes and was elected to the 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He defeated his nearest rival Jawahar Lal Banra of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 22,795 votes. He has been serving in this assembly since 2019. [4]

Electoral statistics

YearConstituencyVotes %ResultRef
2014 Kharsawan 72,00249.15Won
2019 73,34148.15Won

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References

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