Deoghar Assembly constituency

Deoghar
Constituency No. 15 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
LS constituency	Godda
Established	2000
Total electors	364,659
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Narayan Das
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2019

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

Overview

Deoghar Assembly constituency covers: Deoghar town and Mohanpur Police Stations and Jasidih Police Station (excluding Kusmil, Chanddih, Pathra and Basbariya gram panchayats) in Deoghar district. ^[3]

Deoghar Assembly constituency is part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Deoghar constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
1952	Bhubaneswar Pandey		Forward Bloc
1957	Shailbala Roy		Indian National Congress
	Mangulal Das
1962	Shailbala Roy
1967	Baidyanath Das		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969			Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Veena Rani		Janata Party
1980	Baidyanath Das		Indian National Congress
1985
1990
1995	Suresh Paswan		Janata Dal
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Year	Member	Party
2005	Kameshwar Nath Das		Janata Dal
2009	Suresh Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014	Narayan Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Suresh Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	156,079	53.53%
	BJP	Narayan Das	116,358	39.91%
	NOTA	None of the above	3,906	1.34%
	JLKM	Angrej Das	3,527	1.21%
Margin of victory			39,721	13.62%
Turnout			291,577
Registered electors
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Das	95,491	41.01%	1.30
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	92,867	39.88%	18.33
	JVM(P)	Nirmala Bharti	9,970	4.28%	3.67
	LJP	Bajrangi Mahtha	6,394	2.75%	New
	NOTA	Nota	5,381	2.31%	0.34
	AJSU	Santosh Paswan	4,528	1.94%	New
	Independent	Gonda Lal Das	4,012	1.72%	New
	BSP	Chandrashekhar Rajak	3,269	1.40%	0.45
	BMP	Basant Kumar Anand	3,062	1.31%	0.23
	JD(U)	Govind Das	2,576	1.11%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Shambhu Turi	2,493	1.07%	0.22
Margin of victory			2,624	1.13%	19.63
Turnout			2,32,865	63.86%	0.93
Registered electors			3,64,659		8.63
	BJP hold		Swing	1.30

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Das	92,022	42.31%	New
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	46,870	21.55%	14.85
	JMM	Nirmala Bharti	23,459	10.79%	1.88
	JVM(P)	Santosh Paswan	17,289	7.95%	15.43
	Independent	Bajarangi Mahatha	16,859	7.75%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,761	2.65%	New
	Independent	Mohan Kumar	2,762	1.27%	New
	BMP	Manoj Prasad Turi	2,370	1.09%	New
	Samata Party	Brij Bhushan Ram	2,182	1.00%	New
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar Das	2,065	0.95%	2.45
	CPI(ML)L	Nakul Singh	1,841	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			45,152	20.76%	7.74
Turnout			2,17,504	64.79%	17.57
Registered electors			3,35,691		16.33
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	5.91

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	49,602	36.40%	13.45
	JVM(P)	Baldeo Das	31,862	23.38%	New
	JD(U)	Kameshwar Nath Das	13,909	10.21%	19.34
	JMM	Sanjay Kumar	12,131	8.90%	7.52
	BSP	Dharmraj Kumar	4,631	3.40%	2.33
	AITC	Hari Prasad Singh	4,422	3.25%	2.04
	Independent	Sujit Kumar Das	3,655	2.68%	New
	Independent	Manmohan Kumar	3,485	2.56%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Jaya Mahtha	2,524	1.85%	New
	Independent	Vinay Pasi	2,408	1.77%	New
	Independent	Rakesh Bharti	2,023	1.48%	New
Margin of victory			17,740	13.02%	6.42
Turnout			1,36,268	47.22%	4.05
Registered electors			2,88,569		1.52
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing	6.85

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kameshwar Nath Das	43,065	29.55%	6.21
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	33,442	22.95%	18.12
	JMM	Manoj Kumar Das	23,930	16.42%	9.81
	LJP	Shankar Paswan	9,351	6.42%	New
	INC	Rajendra Das	8,548	5.86%	16.59
	BSP	Nirmala Bharti	8,354	5.73%	3.04
	Independent	Sunil Mahtha	6,923	4.75%	New
	SP	Ram Awatar Prasad	2,360	1.62%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Bijendra Turi	1,986	1.36%	New
	AITC	Dev Saranagat Narayan Das	1,759	1.21%	New
	Independent	Naresh Hazra	1,664	1.14%	New
Margin of victory			9,623	6.60%	11.13
Turnout			1,45,746	51.27%	1.16
Registered electors			2,84,246		26.95
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing	11.52

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	48,216	41.07%	New
	JD(U)	Shankar Paswan	27,398	23.34%	New
	INC	Kameshwar Nath Das	26,362	22.45%	New
	JMM	Raghunath Das	7,757	6.61%	New
	BSP	Ramdeo Prasad Das	3,165	2.70%	New
	Independent	Dharmraj Kumar	2,489	2.12%	New
	NCP	Sanjay Kumar	1,228	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			20,818	17.73%
Turnout			1,17,405	53.11%
Registered electors			2,23,904
	RJD win (new seat)

See also

• Mohanpur
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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4. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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