Majhgaon Assembly constituency

Majhgaon
Constituency No. 53 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	West Singhbhum
LS constituency	Singhbhum
Established	2000
Total electors	192,939
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Niral Purty
Party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Elected year	2024

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	Saran Balmuchu		Jharkhand Party
1962			Janata Party
1967	Purna Chandra Birua		Independent politician
1969
1972	Debendra Nath Champia
1977	Gobardhan Nayak		Janata Party
1980	Devendra Nath Champia		Indian National Congress
1985
1990
1995	Gobardhan Nayak		Janata Dal
2000	Badkunwar Gagrai		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Niral Purty		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009	Barkuwar Gagrai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Niral Purty		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2019
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Majhgaon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Niral Purty	67,750	51.58%	16.31
	BJP	Bhupendra Pingua	20,558	15.65%	6.92
	Bhartiya Azad Sena	Barkuwar Gagrai	13,502	10.28%	New
	AJSU	Nandlal Birua	7,653	5.83%	New
	Independent	Madhav Chandra Kunkal	5,170	3.94%	New
	JVM(P)	Joseph Purty	2,660	2.03%	2.48
	Independent	Ashok Birua	2,259	1.72%	New
	Independent	Subhash Chandra Pingua	2,194	1.67%	New
	JD(U)	Salkhan Murmu	1,889	1.44%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Boipai	1,409	1.07%	New
	BSP	Sukhdeo Biruli	1,254	0.95%	0.66
Margin of victory			47,192	35.93%	27.22
Turnout			1,31,352	68.08%	5.12
Registered electors			1,92,939		10.04
	JMM hold		Swing	16.31

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Majhgaon ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Niral Purty	45,272	35.27%	9.89
	JBSP	Madhu Kora	34,090	26.56%	17.79
	BJP	Barkuwar Gagrai	28,969	22.57%	13.01
	JVM(P)	Sukhdeo Biruli	5,777	4.50%	New
	INC	Devendra Nath Champia	4,652	3.62%	6.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,408	2.66%	New
	JPP	Subhash Chandra Pingua	2,383	1.86%	New
	BSP	Vinay Kumar Pingua	2,073	1.62%	0.51
	Independent	Aakash Deep Purty	1,719	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			11,182	8.71%	1.48
Turnout			1,28,346	73.20%	5.65
Registered electors			1,75,337		22.02
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	0.30

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Majhgaon ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Barkuwar Gagrai	34,534	35.58%	3.17
	JMM	Niral Purty	24,644	25.39%	19.35
	INC	Anil Kumar Buriuly	9,416	9.70%	New
	JBSP	Roshan Pat Pingua	8,513	8.77%	New
	Independent	Sukhdeo Biruli	4,145	4.27%	New
	UGDP	Chandra Mohan Birua	3,552	3.66%	New
	Independent	Lankeshwar Tamsoy	2,752	2.84%	New
	RJD	Moti Lal Hembram	1,872	1.93%	2.69
	Independent	Laxmi Pingua	1,810	1.86%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Mukesh Birua	1,138	1.17%	New
	BSP	Ramdev Purty	1,071	1.10%	1.97
Margin of victory			9,890	10.19%	4.20
Turnout			97,069	67.55%	4.92
Registered electors			1,43,692		3.70
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	9.16

Assembly election 2005

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2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Majhgaon ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Niral Purty	38,827	44.74%	21.80
	BJP	Barkuwar Gagrai	33,626	38.74%	5.50
	RJD	Goberdhan Nayak	4,006	4.62%	3.49
	BSP	Manoher Sinku	2,666	3.07%	0.67
	Independent	Harish Chandra Alda	2,126	2.45%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Gopal Sirka	1,594	1.84%	New
	Independent	Haricharan Purty	1,376	1.59%	New
Margin of victory			5,201	5.99%	4.31
Turnout			86,788	62.63%	2.79
Registered electors			1,38,565		9.53
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	11.50

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Majhgaon ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Badkunwar Gagrai	25,163	33.24%	New
	JMM	Niral Purty	17,364	22.94%	New
	INC	Devendra Nath Champia	14,537	19.20%	New
	RJD	Gobardhan Nayak	6,133	8.10%	New
	Independent	Chitrsen Sinku	3,487	4.61%	New
	Independent	Amar Kalundia	2,444	3.23%	New
	BSP	Radha Kishan Birua	1,820	2.40%	New
	JD(U)	Mangal Singh Lamai	1,709	2.26%	New
	Independent	Gopal Sirka	1,087	1.44%	New
	UGDP	Ankura Sawaiyan	994	1.31%	New
	Independent	Paul Boipai	813	1.07%	New
Margin of victory			7,799	10.30%
Turnout			75,699	61.95%
Registered electors			1,26,505
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• 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" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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.

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