Pakur Assembly constituency

Pakur
Constituency No. 5 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
LS constituency	Rajmahal
Established	2000
Total electors	3,20,122
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nisat Alam
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

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

Overview

Pakur Assembly constituency covers: Pakur Police Station in Pakur district; and Barharwa Police Station in Sahibganj district. ^[2]

Pakur Assembly constituency is part of Rajmahal (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Jyotirmoyee Devi		Indian National Congress
	Ram Charan Kisku (Pakur Damin constituency)		Jharkhand Party
1957	Jyotirmoyee Devi		Indian National Congress
	Jitu Kisku
1962	Prasunandu Chandra Pandey		Janata Party
1967	B. N. Jha		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Syed Md. Jafar Ali		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Haji Md. Ainul Haque
1980	Abdul Hakim		Communist Party of India
1985	Haji Md. Ainul Haque		Indian National Congress
1990	Beni Prasad Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
2000	Alamgir Alam		Indian National Congress
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Alamgir Alam [3]		Indian National Congress
2009	Aquil Akhtar [5]		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014	Alamgir Alam [6]		Indian National Congress
2019 [7]
2024	Nisat Alam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2019			51.86%
2014			35.41%
2009			36.80%
2005			48.10%
2000			43.95%

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Pakur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nisat Alam	155,827	52.27%
	AJSU	Azhar Islam	69,798	23.41%
	SP	Aquil Akhtar	47,039	15.78
Margin of victory					INC HOLD
Turnout
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Pakur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alamgir Alam	128,218	51.86%	16.45
	BJP	Veni Prasad Gupta	63,110	25.53%	1.87
	AJSU	Aquil Akhtar	39,444	15.95%	New
	CPI(M)	Mohammad Iqbal	3,394	1.37%	0.82
	Independent	Alfred Edward Soren	3,073	1.24%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,644	1.07%	0.17
	AITC	Asraful Shekh	1,886	0.76%	0.21
	JVM(P)	Qamruddin Ansari	1,874	0.76%	0.42
	JP	Panchanan Thakur	1,239	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			65,108	26.34%	18.66
Turnout			2,47,227	77.23%	3.53
Registered electors			3,20,122		9.85
	INC hold		Swing	16.45

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Pakur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alamgir Alam	83,338	35.41%	1.97
	JMM	Akil Akhtar	65,272	27.73%	9.06
	BJP	Ranjit Kumar Tiwary	64,479	27.40%	9.81
	CPI(M)	Krishna Kant Mandal	5,170	2.20%	1.08
	Independent	Shyam Chand Mandal	2,952	1.25%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,920	1.24%	New
	JVM(P)	Asmannara Khatun	2,776	1.18%	New
	Independent	Anand Turi	1,553	0.66%	New
	Independent	Digambar Prasad Saha	1,466	0.62%	New
	AITC	Md. Asraful Shaikh	1,290	0.55%	0.22
Margin of victory			18,066	7.68%	4.32
Turnout			2,35,344	80.76%	8.13
Registered electors			2,91,418		25.12
	INC gain from JMM		Swing	1.39

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Pakur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Aquil Akhtar	62,246	36.80%	New
	INC	Alamgir Alam	56,570	33.44%	14.65
	BJP	Sanjeev Kumar	29,748	17.59%	13.26
	CPI(M)	Md. Sabiruddin	5,550	3.28%	6.62
	Independent	Beni Prasad Gupta	3,854	2.28%	New
	Independent	Shiv Charan Hansda	3,557	2.10%	New
	RJD	Md. Muslim Hussain	1,919	1.13%	New
	AITC	Md. Asraful Shaikh	1,292	0.76%	New
	Bahujan Shakty	Mohan Murmu	1,162	0.69%	New
	Independent	Manjula Hansda	992	0.59%	New
	Independent	Anand Turi	973	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			5,676	3.36%	13.90
Turnout			1,69,149	72.63%	5.12
Registered electors			2,32,903		5.41
	JMM gain from INC		Swing	11.30

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Pakur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alamgir Alam	71,736	48.10%	4.15
	BJP	Beni Prasad Gupta	46,000	30.84%	0.44
	CPI(M)	Mohammad Iqbal	14,773	9.91%	6.85
	SP	Shahnaz Begum	7,030	4.71%	New
	Independent	Shyam Chand Mandal	2,459	1.65%	New
	BSP	Hari Gopal Das	1,599	1.07%	0.08
	JDP	Betka Marandi	1,291	0.87%	New
	LJP	Shambhu Nandan Kumar	1,018	0.68%	New
	Independent	Anand Turi	908	0.61%	New
	Independent	Abu Tahir	877	0.59%	New
	JPP	Yakub Murmu	813	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			25,736	17.26%	4.59
Turnout			1,49,146	67.50%	4.73
Registered electors			2,20,945		23.84
	INC hold		Swing	4.15

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Pakur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alamgir Alam	49,218	43.95%	New
	BJP	Veni Prasad Gupta	35,033	31.28%	New
	CPI(M)	Mohammad Iqbal	18,767	16.76%	New
	JMM	Shyam Yadav	6,706	5.99%	New
	BSP	Md. Equbal	1,108	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			14,185	12.67%
Turnout			1,11,986	63.30%
Registered electors			1,78,407
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Pakur block
• Barharwa (community development block)
• 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 General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
9. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.