Jharia Assembly constituency

Jharia
Constituency No. 41 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
LS constituency	Dhanbad
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Purnima Niraj Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Jharia constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
Before 1967: Constituency did not exist
1967	S. R. Prasad		Indian National Congress
1969	Sheo Kumar Rai		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1972			Communist Party of India
1977	Suryadeo Singh		Janata Party
1980
1985
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Abo Devi
2000	Bachcha Singh		Samata Party

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Election	Member	Party
2005	Kunti Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014	Sanjeev Singh
2019	Purnima Niraj Singh		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ragini Singh	87,892	51.47%
	JLKM	Md. Rustam Ansari			New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Purnima Niraj Singh	79,786	50.34%	24.10
	BJP	Ragini Singh	67,732	42.73%	5.40
	JVM(P)	Yogendra Yadav	2,779	1.75%	4.69
	AJSU	Abadhesh Kumar	1,279	0.81%	New
	Independent	Md Alam Ansari	1,006	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			12,054	7.60%	14.29
Turnout			1,58,509	52.32%	5.42
Registered electors			3,02,949		13.68
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.20

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjeev Singh	74,062	48.14%	7.62
	INC	Niraj Singh	40,370	26.24%	11.79
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Md. Rustam Ansari	18,723	12.17%	New
	JVM(P)	Yogendra Yadav	9,908	6.44%	New
	CPI(M)	Nandlal Paswan	2,298	1.49%	2.22
	BSP	Madan Mohan Ram	1,608	1.05%	0.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,392	0.90%	New
	JMM	Amit Kumar Sahu	1,184	0.77%	0.09
	Independent	Lukman Ansari	834	0.54%	New
	AIFB	Tarun Saw	805	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			33,692	21.90%	19.41
Turnout			1,53,863	57.74%	13.82
Registered electors			2,66,487		3.48
	BJP hold		Swing	7.62

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunti Singh	49,131	40.52%	2.89
	INC	Suresh Singh	46,115	38.03%	16.42
	RJD	Abo Devi	9,207	7.59%	6.27
	CPI(M)	Suresh Prasad Gupta	4,498	3.71%	2.32
	Independent	Chandan Kumar Mahato	2,959	2.44%	New
	Independent	Devilal Bhuia	1,025	0.85%	New
	BSP	Birendra Kumar Singh	923	0.76%	0.05
	JMM	Ram Krishna Prasad	820	0.68%	New
	JD(S)	Tarun Saw	776	0.64%	New
	Independent	Jai Prakash Singh	723	0.60%	New
	SP	Mahesh Nishad	673	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			3,016	2.49%	19.31
Turnout			1,21,257	43.92%	7.06
Registered electors			2,76,086		2.86
	BJP hold		Swing	2.89

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunti Singh	62,900	43.41%	New
	INC	Suresh Singh	31,312	21.61%	0.39
	RJD	Yogendra Yadav	20,092	13.87%	2.96
	CPI(M)	S.K. Baksi	8,732	6.03%	New
	LJP	Belal Khan	8,616	5.95%	New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Shankar Rawani	3,965	2.74%	New
	NCP	Ezaz Ahmad	1,508	1.04%	New
	BSP	Madhukar Singh	1,171	0.81%	1.24
	Independent	Shyam Sunder Prasad	1,072	0.74%	New
	JPP	Paras Hari	992	0.68%	New
	Independent	Ram Saran Rai	937	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			31,588	21.80%	0.82
Turnout			1,44,897	50.98%	4.21
Registered electors			2,84,225		17.36
	BJP gain from Samata Party		Swing	1.21

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jharia ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Bacha Singh	56,401	42.20%	New
	INC	Abdul Qaum Ansari	28,362	21.22%	New
	RJD	Abo Devi	14,577	10.91%	New
	Independent	Yogendra Yadav	11,733	8.78%	New
	JD(U)	Mundrika Paswan	6,985	5.23%	New
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Nitai Mahato	6,656	4.98%	New
	JMM	Saryug Mahato	3,319	2.48%	New
	BSP	Munni Lal	2,733	2.04%	New
Margin of victory			28,039	20.98%
Turnout			1,33,660	55.78%
Registered electors			2,42,174
	Samata Party win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Dhanbad district

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. The Hindu (23 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly results: Women kin of top politicians fare badly; two ex-CMs' wives lose". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 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. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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