https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Rajmahal_Assembly_constituency Rajmahal Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-11-15T14:12:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajmahal_Assembly_constituency&diff=528736&oldid=prev Aman Mehta: adding a stub - done 2026-04-15T02:13:39Z <p>adding a stub - done</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Rajmahal<br /> | type = SLA<br /> | map_image = Rajmahal constituency map.svg<br /> | map_caption = <br /> | map_alt = <br /> | state = [[Jharkhand]]<br /> | district = [[Sahebganj district|Sahebganj]]<br /> | division = [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Pargana]]<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal]]<br /> | constituency_no = 1<br /> | established = 1951<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | abolished = <br /> | mla = [[Md. Tajuddin]]<br /> | party = {{Party index link|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}<br /> | alliance = {{Party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)}}<br /> | latest_election_year = [[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br /> | electors = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Rajmahal Assembly constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is one of the 81 [[State legislative assemblies of India|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in eastern [[India]].&lt;ref name=jhceo&gt;{{cite web |url=http://164.100.150.3/ceoweb_bk/ACPCList.htm |title=AC &amp; PC List- Jharkhand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218152343/http://164.100.150.3/ceoweb_bk/ACPCList.htm |archive-date=18 December 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt; This constituency covers Rajmahal and Sahebganj Police Stations in Rajmahal sub-division of the district.&lt;ref name=&quot;ceo&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XIII|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=166, 174}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> Rajmahal (constituency number 1) is one of the three [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]] constituencies in [[Sahebganj district]]. It is one of the Assembly segments of the [[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency]] along with 5 other segments, namely, [[Borio Assembly constituency|Borio]] and [[Barhait Assembly constituency|Barhait]] in this district and [[Litipara Assembly constituency|Litipara]], [[Pakur Assembly constituency|Pakur]] and [[Maheshpur Assembly constituency|Maheshpur]] in [[Pakur district]].&lt;ref name=&quot;ceo&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !Year <br /> !Member&lt;ref name=&quot;result&quot;&gt;{{cite web |title=Rajmahal Election Results 2014 Jharkhand |url=http://www.elections.in/jharkhand/assembly-constituencies/rajmahal.html |access-date= |publisher=Elections.in}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> !colspan=&quot;2&quot;|Party<br /> |-<br /> |rowspan=2|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br /> |Md. Burhanuddin Khan<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br /> |-<br /> |Jetha Kisku{{Efn|Rajmahal Damin}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br /> |rowspan=2|[[Binodanand Jha]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> |Nathmal Dokarai<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br /> |Om Prakash Roy<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br /> |Nathmal Dokania<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br /> |rowspan=3|Dhruv Bhagat<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br /> |Raghu Nath Prasad Sodani<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br /> |Dhruv Bhagat<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br /> |Arun Mandal<br /> |-<br /> |[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br /> |[[Thomas Hansda]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br /> |Arun Mandal<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; |[[Anant Kumar Ojha]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br /> |[[Md. Tajuddin]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Election results ==<br /> ===Assembly election 2024===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajmahal&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/partywisewinresult-852S27.htm |access-date=24 November 2024 |date=24 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124045445/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/partywisewinresult-852S27.htm |archive-date=24 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Md. Tajuddin]] |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=1,40,176 |percentage=53.67% |change={{increase}}41.97 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Anant Kumar Ojha]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=96,744 |percentage=37.04% |change={{decrease}}5.21 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sunil Yadav |party=Independent politician |votes=14,012 |percentage=5.37% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Motilal Sarkar |party=Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha |votes=1,918 |percentage=0.73% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=3,058 |percentage=1.17% |change={{increase}}0.78 }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=43,432 |percentage=16.63% |change= {{increase}}10.75 }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=2,61,163 |percentage=73.41% |change= {{increase}}3.71 }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 3,55,762 |ref = |change= {{increase}}17.85 }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}11.42 }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> ===Assembly election 2019===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajmahal&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11813-jharkhand-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=9 February 2022 |date=6 February 2020}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Anant Kumar Ojha]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=88,904 |percentage=42.26% |change={{increase}}2.55 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Md. Tajuddin |party=All Jharkhand Students Union |votes=76,532 |percentage=36.38% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ketabuddin Sekh |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=24,619 |percentage=11.70% |change={{decrease}}27.65 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pradip Kumar Singh |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=3,826 |percentage=1.82% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Gopal Chandra Mandal |party=Independent politician |votes=2,617 |percentage=1.24% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nitya Nand Gupta |party=Independent politician |votes=2,614 |percentage=1.24% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rajkishor Yadav |party=Independent politician |votes=1,421 |percentage=0.68% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=821 |percentage=0.39% |change={{decrease}}0.77 }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,372 |percentage=5.88% |change= {{increase}}5.52 }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=2,10,394 |percentage=69.70% |change= {{decrease}}2.58 }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 3,01,867 |ref = |change= {{increase}}11.82 }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}2.55 }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> ===Assembly Election 2014===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajmahal&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3787-jharkhand-2014/ |title=Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=13 October 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Anant Kumar Ojha]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=77,481 |percentage=39.71% |change={{increase}}2.04 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Md. Tajuddin |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=76,779 |percentage=39.35% |change={{increase}}9.32 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bajrangi Prasad Yadav |party=Independent politician |votes=18,866 |percentage=9.67% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Md. Rafikul Alam |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=5,478 |percentage=2.81% |change={{decrease}}1.65 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Arun Mandal |party=Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes=5,175 |percentage=2.65% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sunil Kumar Sinha |party=Janata Dal (United) |votes=2,125 |percentage=1.09% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Krishna Mahto |party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) |votes=1,617 |percentage=0.83% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=2,268 |percentage=1.16% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=702 |percentage=0.36% |change= {{decrease}}7.28 }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=1,95,113 |percentage=72.28% |change= {{increase}}13.99 }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 2,69,959 |ref = |change= {{increase}}15.59 }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}2.04 }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> ===Assembly Election 2009===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajmahal&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3786-jharkhand-2009/ |title=Jharkhand 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=20 August 2018 |access-date= 23 May 2022}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Arun Mandal |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=51,277 |percentage=37.67% |change={{increase}}22.41 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Md. Tajuddin |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=40,874 |percentage=30.03% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Thomas Hansda]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=14,782 |percentage=10.86% |change={{decrease}}14.86 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nazrul Islam |party=All India Trinamool Congress |votes=7,017 |percentage=5.16% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Md. Moinuddin Shekh |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=6,065 |percentage=4.46% |change={{decrease}}9.51 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dhruv Bhagat |party=Lok Janshakti Party |votes=3,811 |percentage=2.80% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Binod Kumar Yadav |party=Independent politician |votes=3,224 |percentage=2.37% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=10,403 |percentage=7.64% |change= {{decrease}}0.24 }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=1,36,119 |percentage=58.28% |change= {{decrease}}4.70 }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 2,33,547 |ref = |change= {{increase}}3.75 }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}11.95 }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> ===Assembly Election 2005===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajmahal&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3785-jharkhand-2005/ |title=Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=13 October 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Thomas Hansda]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=36,472 |percentage=25.72% |change={{increase}}5.52 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Arun Mandal |party=Independent politician |votes=25,296 |percentage=17.84% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kamal Krishna Bhagat |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=21,639 |percentage=15.26% |change={{decrease}}14.66 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Moinuddin Shekh |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=19,805 |percentage=13.97% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ramchandra Keshri |party=Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes=11,254 |percentage=7.94% |change={{decrease}}1.71 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dhruv Bhagat |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes=4,251 |percentage=3.00% |change={{decrease}}4.27 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Md. Tajuddin |party=Independent politician |votes=2,881 |percentage=2.03% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=11,176 |percentage=7.88% |change= {{decrease}}1.81 }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=1,41,779 |percentage=62.98% |change= {{increase}}1.01 }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 2,25,100 |ref = |change= {{increase}}13.98 }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}4.19 }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> ===Assembly Election 2000===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajmahal&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url = https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical%20Report/2000.pdf |title = Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar|access-date = 16 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005142035/https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical%20Report/2000.pdf |archive-date= 5 October 2023 |website=ceobihar.nic.in |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Arun Mandal |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=36,623 |percentage=29.92% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Najrul Islam |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=24,761 |percentage=20.23% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Anil Kumar Sarkar |party=Indian National Congress |votes=24,733 |percentage=20.21% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dhruv Bhagat |party=Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes=11,804 |percentage=9.64% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jayant Singh |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes=8,900 |percentage=7.27% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dara Singh Yadav |party=Independent politician |votes=7,034 |percentage=5.75% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Farid Shaikh |party=Independent politician |votes=5,224 |percentage=4.27% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=11,862 |percentage=9.69% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=1,22,406 |percentage=62.66% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,97,497 |ref = |change= }}<br /> {{Election box new seat win |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser= |swing= }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[[Rajmahal (community development block)]]<br /> *[[Sahibganj (community development block)]]<br /> *[[Rajmahal]]<br /> *[[Sahibganj]]<br /> *[[List of states of India by type of legislature]]<br /> *[[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{notelist}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand|state=expanded}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand]]<br /> [[Category:Sahibganj district]]<br /> [[Category:Politics of Jharkhand]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]</div> Aman Mehta