Jhajha Assembly constituency

Jhajha Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 242 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Lok Sabha constituency	Jamui
Established	1951
Total electors	339,867
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Damodar Rawat
Party	JD(U)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2025

Jhajha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Jamui district of Bihar, India. It comes under Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Chandrashekhar Singh		Indian National Congress
1957	Bhagwat Murmu
	Chandrashekhar Singh
1962	Shri Krishna Singh		Socialist Party
1967	Shiv Nandan Jha		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Chandrashekhar Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Shiv Nandan Jha		Samyukta Socialist Party
1977			Janata Party
1980	Shiv Nandan Yadav		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1986^	Ravindra Yadav
1990	Shiv Nandan Jha		Janata Dal
1995	Rameshwer Singh		Indian National Congress
2000	Damodar Rawat		Samata Party
2005			Janata Dal
2005
2010
2015	Ravindra Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2020	Damodar Rawat		Janata Dal
2025

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Jhajha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Damodar Rawat	108,317	44.42	+4.87
	RJD	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	104,055	42.67	+3.98
	Independent	Mohammad Irfan	9,578	3.93
	Jan Suraaj Party	Nilendu Dutta Mishara	6,148	2.52
	NPEP	Amarjeet Kumar Singh	3,278	1.34
	Independent	Ravindra Yadav	3,141	1.29
	NOTA	None of the above	4,619	1.89	−1.34
Majority			4,262	1.75	+0.89
Turnout			243,866	71.75	+10.17
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jhajha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Damodar Rawat	76,972	39.55	+13.0
	RJD	Raghvendar Yadav	75,293	38.69
	BSP	Binod Pd. Yadav	13,479	6.93	−0.06
	LJP	Ravindra Yadav	11,762	6.04
	Independent	Rahul Kumar Singh	3,260	1.68
	Independent	Vijay Kumar	2,972	1.53
	Independent	Vinod Kumar Sinha	1,870	0.96
	NOTA	None of the above	6,278	3.23	+0.57
Majority			1,679	0.86	−12.63
Turnout			194,609	61.58	+7.65
	JD(U) gain from BJP		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jhajha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ravindra Yadav	65,537	40.04
	JD(U)	Damodar Rawat	43,451	26.55
	Independent	Binod Pd. Yadav	20,745	12.67
	BSP	Avid Kausar	11,444	6.99
	CPI(M)	Sheo Shankar Singh	5,281	3.23
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Sinha	3,522	2.15
	Independent	Surya Vats	3,017	1.84
	NOTA	None of the above	4,354	2.66
Majority			22,086	13.49
Turnout			163,687	53.93

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.