Dumka Assembly constituency

Dumka
Constituency No. 10 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
LS constituency	Dumka
Established	2000
Total electors	2,50,994
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Basant Soren
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Dumka is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^[1]

Overview

Dumka Assembly constituency covers: Dumka Town, Dumka Muffassil and Masalia Police Stations in Dumka district. ^[2]

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. ^[2]

Dumka Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Devi Soren		Jharkhand Party
1957	Benjamin Hansda
	Sanath Rout
1962	Paul Murmu		Janata Party
1967	G. Marandi		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Paika Murmu		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Mahadeo Marandi		Janata Party
1980	Stephen Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1985
1990
1995
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Stephen Marandi [3]		Independent politician
2009	Hemant Soren [4]		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014	Lois Marandi [5]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Hemant Soren [6]		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2020^	Basant Soren
2024

^by-election

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dumka ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Basant Soren	95,685	51.33%	1.31
	BJP	Sita Soren	81,097	43.50%	2.27
	Independent	Sushil Marandi	1,714	0.92%	New
	BSP	Babu Ram Murmu	1,153	0.62%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,189	1.71%	0.57
Margin of victory			14,588	7.83%	3.58
Turnout			1,86,419	71.76%	7.59
Registered electors			2,59,784		3.50
	JMM hold		Swing	1.31

Assembly By-election 2020

2020 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Dumka ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Basant Soren	80,559	50.02%	1.16
	BJP	Louis Marandi	73,717	45.77%	4.86
	Independent	Sunita Murmu	1,864	1.16%	New
	API	Dular Marandi	1,498	0.93%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Tudu	838	0.52%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,665	2.28%	0.91
Margin of victory			6,842	4.25%	3.71
Turnout			1,61,050	65.62%	2.96
Registered electors			2,50,994		1.62
	JMM hold		Swing	1.16

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dumka ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Hemant Soren	81,007	48.86%	7.36
	BJP	Louis Marandi	67,819	40.91%	3.74
	JVM(P)	Anjula Murmu	3,156	1.90%	1.01
	JD(U)	Marshal Rishiraj Tudu	2,409	1.45%	New
	Loktantrik Janshakti Party	Ramchandra Murmu	1,530	0.92%	New
	Independent	Ramcharan Singh	1,524	0.92%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Tudu	1,124	0.68%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,267	1.37%	New
Margin of victory			13,188	7.96%	4.81
Turnout			1,65,779	67.12%	2.12
Registered electors			2,46,984		9.46
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	4.21

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dumka ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Louis Marandi	69,760	44.65%	16.03
	JMM	Hemant Soren	64,846	41.50%	10.53
	JVM(P)	Bablu Kumar Murmu	4,552	2.91%	New
	INC	Sagen Murmu	3,594	2.30%	21.73
	Independent	Babu Dhan Murmu	3,514	2.25%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Garjen Murmu	2,057	1.32%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Besra	1,464	0.94%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,200	2.05%	New
Margin of victory			4,914	3.15%	0.79
Turnout			1,56,239	69.24%	10.94
Registered electors			2,25,642		15.99
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	13.68

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dumka ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Hemant Soren	35,129	30.97%	12.64
	BJP	Louis Marandi	32,460	28.62%	5.03
	INC	Stephen Marandi	27,256	24.03%	New
	CPI(M)	Subhash Hembrom	3,031	2.67%	New
	AITC	Ashok Kumar Murmu	2,012	1.77%	New
	Independent	Malin Hembrom	1,703	1.50%	New
	BSP	Raska Soren	1,422	1.25%	1.16
Margin of victory			2,669	2.35%	2.65
Turnout			1,13,419	58.30%	3.47
Registered electors			1,94,533		0.27
	JMM gain from Independent		Swing	7.68

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Dumka ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Marandi	41,340	38.65%	New
	BJP	Mohril Murmu	35,993	33.65%	0.07
	JMM	Hemant Soren	19,610	18.33%	27.11
	BSP	Dhani Ram Tudu	2,586	2.42%	New
	Independent	Sobha Murmu	1,660	1.55%	New
	SP	Krishna Hansda	1,507	1.41%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Wakil Hansda	831	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			5,347	5.00%	6.86
Turnout			1,06,954	54.83%	0.66
Registered electors			1,95,067		14.36
	Independent gain from JMM		Swing	6.79

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election  : Dumka ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Stephen Marandi	43,010	45.44%	New
	BJP	Satish Soren	31,788	33.59%	New
	INC	Ramesh Hembrom	15,755	16.65%	New
	CPI	Masi Charan Hansda	2,406	2.54%	New
	RJD	Vijay Kumar Soni	1,067	1.13%	New
Margin of victory			11,222	11.86%
Turnout			94,647	56.27%
Registered electors			1,70,567
	JMM win (new seat)

See also

• Dumka (community development block)
• Masalia
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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