Jamtara Assembly constituency

Jamtara
Constituency No. 9 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
LS constituency	Dumka
Established	2000
Total electors	2,77,191
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Irfan Ansari
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

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

Overview

Jamtara Assembly constituency covers: Jamtara Police Station (excluding Karmatanr, Sahajpur, Pindari, Lakhanpur, Rataniya, Rampurbhitra and Kajra gram panchayats) and Narayanpur Police Station in Jamtara district. ^[2]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Shatrughan Besra		Jharkhand Party
1957
1962	Kali Prasad Singh		Swatantra Party
1967	Shatrughan Besra		Communist Party of India
1969	Kali Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Durga Prasad Singh
1977
1980	Arun Kumar Bose		Communist Party of India
1985	Md. Furqan Ansari		Indian National Congress
1990
1995
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Bishnu Prased Bhaiya [3]		Bharatiya Janata Party [4]
2009			Jharkhand Mukti Morcha [4]
2009★	Shibu Soren [5]
2014	Irfan Ansari [6]		Indian National Congress [4]
2019 [7]
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jamtara ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Irfan Ansari	133,266	54.62%	1.51
	BJP	Sita Murmu	89,590	36.72%	1.84
	JLKM	Tarun Ku. Gupta	5,151	2.11%	New
	CPI(M)	Lakhan Lal Mandal	3,553	1.46%	New
	Independent	Sujit Das	2,487	1.02%	New
	BSP	Arif Ansari	1,812	0.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,849	1.17%	0.26
Margin of victory			43,676	17.90%	0.34
Turnout			2,44,009	75.93%	0.72
Registered electors			3,21,367		15.94
	INC hold		Swing	1.51

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jamtara ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Irfan Ansari	112,829	53.11%	17.94
	BJP	Birendra Mandal	74,088	34.87%	4.46
	Independent	Tarun Kumar Gupta	6,219	2.93%	New
	AJSU	Chameli Devi	4,780	2.25%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Pahan	3,407	1.60%	New
	JVM(P)	Abdul Mannan Ansari	1,646	0.77%	New
	Independent	Md. Anwar Ansari	1,549	0.73%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,031	1.43%	0.66
Margin of victory			38,741	18.24%	13.47
Turnout			2,12,451	76.64%	1.98
Registered electors			2,77,191		13.59
	INC hold		Swing	17.94

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jamtara ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Irfan Ansari	67,486	35.17%	New
	BJP	Birendra Mandal	58,349	30.41%	9.49
	JMM	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya	52,029	27.12%	8.53
	BSP	Sukhdev Ray	2,293	1.20%	2.90
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Lal	1,867	0.97%	New
	AITC	Nandgopal Singh	1,321	0.69%	New
	Independent	Md. Mustak	1,128	0.59%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,996	2.08%	New
Margin of victory			9,137	4.76%	9.97
Turnout			1,91,876	78.63%	22.92
Registered electors			2,44,034		13.57
	INC gain from JMM		Swing	0.47

Assembly By-election 2009.2

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election  : Jamtara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sibhu Soran	42,668	35.64%	10.96
	BJP	Tarun Kumar Gupta	25,036	20.91%	14.07
	JVM(P)	Abbu Talib Ansari	13,494	11.27%	New
	Independent	Virendar Mandal	8,686	7.26%	New
	JD	Md. Riyaz Ahmed	6,909	5.77%	New
	BSP	Amar Kumar Dubey	4,907	4.10%	2.95
	Independent	Mohan Lal Mandal	3,821	3.19%	New
Margin of victory			17,632	14.73%	5.20
Turnout			1,19,705	55.71%	6.49
Registered electors			2,14,867		0.80
	JMM hold		Swing	10.96

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jamtara ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya	62,795	46.60%	New
	INC	Furqan Ansari	49,952	37.07%	0.81
	BJP	Baby Sarkar	9,228	6.85%	32.17
	RJD	Saryu Pd. Mandal	2,580	1.91%	New
	Independent	Lakhindar Murmu	1,827	1.36%	New
	BSP	Anwar Hussen	1,552	1.15%	2.57
	Independent	Buddha Deb Marandi	1,494	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			12,843	9.53%	6.77
Turnout			1,34,741	62.21%	1.94
Registered electors			2,16,606		3.14
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	7.59

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jamtara ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya	49,387	39.02%	7.30
	INC	Irfan Ansari	45,895	36.26%	3.23
	Independent	Birendra Mandal	5,049	3.99%	New
	BSP	Siraj Ansari	4,706	3.72%	New
	AJSU	Sunil Kumar Hansda	4,038	3.19%	New
	Independent	Babu Lal Marandi	3,034	2.40%	New
	Independent	Dulal Roy	2,885	2.28%	New
Margin of victory			3,492	2.76%	5.01
Turnout			1,26,575	60.27%	3.07
Registered electors			2,10,012		25.06
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.47

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election  : Jamtara ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Furqan Ansari	42,002	39.49%	New
	BJP	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya	33,738	31.72%	New
	JMM	Shyam Lal Hembram	23,541	22.13%	New
	CPI(M)	Jay Prakash Mandal	3,578	3.36%	New
	CPI	Chintamani Mandal	1,984	1.87%	New
	SP	Asit Kumar Mandal	861	0.81%	New
	Independent	Shiv Shankar Lal Murmu	667	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			8,264	7.77%
Turnout			1,06,371	64.06%
Registered electors			1,67,935
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Jamtara block
• Narayanpur block
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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