Dhanbad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers parts of Bokaro and Dhanbad districts.

Dhanbad
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Pashupati Nath Singh
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Jharkhand
Assembly Constituencies	Bokaro Chandankiyari Sindri Nirsa Dhanbad Jharia

Assembly segments

Presently, Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
36	Bokaro	None	Bokaro
37	Chandankiyari	SC	Bokaro
38	Sindri	None	Dhanbad
39	Nirsa	None	Dhanbad
40	Dhanbad	None	Dhanbad
41	Jharia	None	Dhanbad

Members of Parliament

SI No.	Year	Name	Party
1.	1952	P. C. Bose	Indian National Congress
2.	1957	P. C. Bose	Indian National Congress
3.	1962	P. R. Chakravarti	Indian National Congress
4.	1967	Rani Lalita Rajya Laxmi	Independent
5.	1971	Ram Narain Sharma	Indian National Congress
6.	1977	A. K. Roy	Marxist Coordination Committee
7.	1980	A. K. Roy	Marxist Coordination Committee
8.	1984	Shankar Dayal Singh	Indian National Congress
9.	1989	A. K. Roy	Marxist Coordination Committee
10.	1991	Rita Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
11.	1996	Rita Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
12.	1998	Rita Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
13.	1999	Rita Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
14.	2004	Chandra Shekhar Dubey	Indian National Congress
15.	2009	Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
16.	2014	Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
17.	2019	Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election result

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	8,27,234	66.03
	INC	Kirti Azad	3,41,040	27.22
	NOTA	None of the above	4,345	0.38
Majority			4,86,194	38.81
Turnout			12,53,265	60.47	-0.07
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	5,43,491	47.51
	INC	Ajay Kumar Dubey	2,50,537	21.90
style="background-color: Template:Marxist Co-ordination Committee/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee|Template:Marxist Co-ordination Committee/meta/shortname]]	Anand Mahato	1,10,185	9.63
	JVM(P)	Samresh Singh	90,926	7.95
	AITC	Chandra Shekhar Dubey	29,937	2.62
	[[All Jharkhand Students Union|Template:All Jharkhand Students Union/meta/shortname]]	Hemlata S. Mohan	21,277	1.81	New
	NOTA	None of the above	7,675	0.67	New
Majority			2,92,954	25.61
Turnout			11,43,945	60.53
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	2,60,521	31.99
	INC	Chandrashekhar Dubey	2,02,474	24.86
	BSP	Samaresh Singh	1,32,445	16.26
style="background-color: Template:Marxist Co-ordination Committee/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee|Template:Marxist Co-ordination Committee/meta/shortname]]	A. K. Roy	85,457	10.49
Majority			58,047	7.14
Turnout			8,14,208	45.07
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Dhanbad district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Dhanbad lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details