Dhanbad Assembly constituency

Dhanbad
Constituency No. 40 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
LS constituency	Dhanbad
Established	2000
Total electors	433,191
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raj Sinha
Elected year	2019

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Purushotam Chouhan		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Sheoraj Prasad
1967	Raghubansh Singh
1969			Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1972	Chinmoy Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
1977	Yogeshwar Prasad 'Yogesh'		Indian National Congress
1980
1985	Surendra Prasad Roy
1990
1995	Pashupati Nath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Pashupati Nath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Mannan Mallick		Indian National Congress
2014	Raj Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dhanbad ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj Sinha	136,336	53.90%	1.59
	INC	Ajay Kumar Dubey	87,595	34.63%	4.41
	JLKM	Sapan Kumar Modak	16,664	6.59%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,735	0.69%	0.02
Margin of victory			48,741	19.27%	6.00
Turnout			2,52,960	54.09%	0.79
Registered electors			4,67,636		7.95
	BJP hold		Swing	1.59

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dhanbad ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj Sinha	120,773	52.31%	5.83
	INC	Mannan Mallick	90,144	39.04%	4.23
	Independent	Ranjeet Singh Alias Bablu Singh	2,852	1.24%	New
	LJP	Vikash Ranjan	2,426	1.05%	New
	JD(U)	Vipin Kumar	1,759	0.76%	New
	AJSU	Pradip Mohan Sahay	1,724	0.75%	New
	JVM(P)	Saroj Kumar Singh	1,458	0.63%	1.21
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,630	0.71%	0.40
Margin of victory			30,629	13.27%	10.06
Turnout			2,30,893	53.30%	5.97
Registered electors			4,33,191		13.00
	BJP hold		Swing	5.83

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dhanbad ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj Sinha	132,091	58.13%	23.67
	INC	Mannan Mallick	79,094	34.81%	0.22
	JVM(P)	Ramesh Kumar Rahi	4,195	1.85%	New
	JMM	Bhupendra Kumar	2,070	0.91%	2.34
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Pawan Mahato	1,429	0.63%	1.01
	BSP	Triveni Das	1,371	0.60%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,521	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			52,997	23.32%	22.76
Turnout			2,27,217	59.27%	16.53
Registered electors			3,83,351		3.15
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	23.11

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dhanbad ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mannan Mallick	55,641	35.03%	2.06
	BJP	Raj Sinha	54,751	34.47%	10.03
	Independent	Niraj Singh	17,801	11.21%	New
	Independent	Sadanand Mahato Alias Mantu Mahato	9,090	5.72%	New
	JMM	Awadh Kishore Sahay	5,157	3.25%	New
	LJP	Belal Khan	3,001	1.89%	0.88
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Ajay Narayan Lall	2,602	1.64%	New
Margin of victory			890	0.56%	10.97
Turnout			1,58,855	42.75%	7.27
Registered electors			3,71,634		1.17
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.47

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dhanbad ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	83,692	44.50%	4.33
	INC	Mannan Mallick	62,012	32.97%	16.24
	RJD	Hatim Ansari	6,191	3.29%	17.90
	LJP	Pankaj Kumar Sharma	5,200	2.76%	New
	SP	Sushil Kumar Singh	4,280	2.28%	New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Ram Kumar Singh Choudhary	3,237	1.72%	New
	CPI(M)	Gopikant Bakshi	2,898	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			21,680	11.53%	16.10
Turnout			1,88,087	50.02%	2.45
Registered electors			3,76,039		29.61
	BJP hold		Swing	4.33

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election  : Dhanbad ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	74,331	48.82%	New
	RJD	Prasadi Sao	32,266	21.19%	New
	INC	Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh	25,476	16.73%	New
	JMM	Rekha Mandal	12,710	8.35%	New
	NCP	Surendra Prasad Rai	1,795	1.18%	New
	CPI	Amarendra Narayan Singh	1,657	1.09%	New
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Bishwanath Bagi	1,345	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			42,065	27.63%
Turnout			1,52,242	52.94%
Registered electors			2,90,135
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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

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. 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.
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.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "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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