Jarmundi Assembly constituency

Jarmundi
Constituency No. 12 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
LS constituency	Godda
Established	2000
Total electors	2,27,038
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Badal Patralekh
Party	INC
Elected year	2019

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

Overview

Jarmundi Assembly constituency covers: Jarmundi Police Station in Dumka district and Sarawan Police Station in Deoghar district. ^[2]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2000	Dvendra Kuwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Hari Narayan Ray		Independent politician
2009
2014	Badal Patralekh		Indian National Congress
2019

Election results

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Badal Patralekh	52,507	32.22%	3.40
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	49,408	30.32%	10.68
	Independent	Fulkumari Devi	17,313	10.62%	New
	JVM(P)	Sanjay Kumar	9,242	5.67%	3.63
	Independent	Sita Ram Pathak	3,989	2.45%	New
	Independent	Tarni Prasad Kamat	3,491	2.14%	New
	Independent	Bishwanath Ray	3,480	2.14%	New
	Independent	Amrendra Kumar Yadav	3,172	1.95%	New
	IUML	Mohammad Razi Ahmad	2,326	1.43%	New
	LJP	Birendra Pradhan	1,887	1.16%	New
	BSP	Sanjayanand Jha	1,837	1.13%	0.80
Margin of victory			3,099	1.90%	0.13
Turnout			1,62,951	71.77%	1.97
Registered electors			2,27,038		9.72
	INC hold		Swing	3.40

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Badal Patralekh	43,981	28.82%	13.36
	JMM	Hari Narayan Ray	41,273	27.05%	7.21
	BJP	Abhay Kant Prasad	29,965	19.64%	9.99
	JVM(P)	Devendra Kunwar	14,189	9.30%	New
	BSP	Damodar Singh	2,948	1.93%	0.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,847	1.87%	New
	RJD	Varun Kumar	2,797	1.83%	1.63
	Independent	Parmanand Ravidas	2,480	1.63%	New
	JD(U)	Chandra Shekhar Yadav	2,469	1.62%	New
	Independent	Braj Kishore Pandit	2,440	1.60%	New
	BMP	Emani Ansari	1,590	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			2,708	1.77%	7.26
Turnout			1,52,592	73.74%	8.85
Registered electors			2,06,926		15.67
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.04

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	33,512	28.87%	New
	JMM	Devendra Kunwar	23,025	19.83%	New
	INC	Badal Patralekh	17,955	15.47%	8.64
	BJP	Barun Kumar	11,197	9.65%	10.47
	RJD	Prabhat Kumar Singh	4,018	3.46%	4.60
	Independent	Jaydeo Mandal	3,749	3.23%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Gopal Chandra Roy	2,505	2.16%	New
	Independent	Babu Ram Murmu	1,984	1.71%	New
	BSP	Ranjit Yadav	1,666	1.44%	5.61
	Independent	Durga Prasad Lasker	1,613	1.39%	New
	Independent	Ghanshyam Mahto	1,383	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			10,487	9.03%	3.31
Turnout			1,16,091	64.89%	3.51
Registered electors			1,78,901		0.37
	Independent hold		Swing	3.03

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	28,480	25.84%	New
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	22,171	20.12%	3.33
	RJD	Chakradhar Yadav	8,884	8.06%	5.12
	BSP	Alamgir	7,768	7.05%	11.46
	INC	Mani Shankar	7,524	6.83%	7.70
	Independent	Hari Shankar Patralekh	6,212	5.64%	New
	LJP	Jully Yadav	3,773	3.42%	New
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Barun Kumar	2,777	2.52%	New
	Independent	Chandra Narayan Roy	2,633	2.39%	New
	Independent	Gopal Prasad Panjiyar	2,599	2.36%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	2,348	2.13%	New
Margin of victory			6,309	5.72%	0.79
Turnout			1,10,221	61.38%	4.95
Registered electors			1,79,564		15.94
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	2.40

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	24,082	23.44%	New
	BSP	Hari Narayan Ray	19,009	18.50%	New
	JMM	Varun Kumar	15,344	14.94%	New
	INC	Gopal Chandra Roy	14,920	14.52%	New
	RJD	Chandra Shekhar Yadav	13,537	13.18%	New
	Independent	Jawahar Prasad Singh	12,903	12.56%	New
	Independent	Ramjiwan Singh	1,067	1.04%	New
	NCP	Balram Mandal	1,019	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			5,073	4.94%
Turnout			1,02,731	67.34%
Registered electors			1,54,880
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Jarmundi
• Sarwan
• 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 Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
3. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.