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 Devendra Kuwar
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

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

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Poreyahat cum Jarmundi constituency
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
1962	Srikant Jha		Indian National Congress
1967	S. Raut		Independent politician
1969	Srikant Jha		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Dip Nath Rai		Independent politician
1980	Jawahar Prasad Singh
1985	Abhay Kant Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Jawahar Prasad Singh		Independent politician
1995	Devendra Kunwar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000			Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Hari Narayan Ray		Independent politician
2009
2014	Badal Patralekh		Indian National Congress
2019
2024	Devendra Kunwar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jarmundi ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	94,892	48.73%	18.41
	INC	Badal Patralekh	77,346	39.72%	7.49
	Independent	Murari Kapri	4,635	2.38%	New
	Independent	Mahendra Das	3,210	1.65%	New
	JLKM	Rajeev Kumar	2,453	1.26%	New
	BSP	Lalmohan Ray	1,838	0.94%	New
	Independent	Hanif Mian	1,701	0.87%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,472	0.76%	0.13
Margin of victory			17,546	9.01%	7.11
Turnout			1,94,742	71.68%	0.09
Registered electors			2,71,664		19.66
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	16.50

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Jarmundi ^[4]

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
	NOTA	Nota	1,449	0.89%	0.98
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 ^[5]

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%	New
	RJD	Varun Kumar	2,797	1.83%	1.63
	Independent	Parmanand Ravidas	2,480	1.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,847	1.87%	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 ^[6]

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
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 ^[7]

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
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 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dvendra Kuwar	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
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. 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.