Deoghar Assembly constituency

Deoghar
Deoghar
Constituency No. 15 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Established	2000
Total electors	364,659
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Suresh Paswan
Party	RJD
Alliance	[[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)\|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)/meta/shortname]]
Elected year	2024

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

Overview[edit | edit source]

Deoghar Assembly constituency covers: Deoghar town and Mohanpur Police Stations and Jasidih Police Station (excluding Kusmil, Chanddih, Pathra and Basbariya gram panchayats) in Deoghar district.^[3]

Deoghar Assembly constituency is part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election	Member
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Bhubaneswar Pandey	Forward Bloc
1957	Shailbala Roy	Indian National Congress
1957	Mangulal Das
1962	Shailbala Roy
1967	Baidyanath Das	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Veena Rani	Janata Party
1980	Baidyanath Das	Indian National Congress
1985
1990
1995	Suresh Paswan	Janata Dal
2000	Suresh Paswan	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Kameshwar Nath Das	Janata Dal
2009	Suresh Paswan	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014	Narayan Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Narayan Das
2024	Suresh Paswan	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	156,079	53.53%	13.65
	BJP	Narayan Das	1,16,358	39.91%	1.10
	Independent	Bajrangi Mahtha	4,414	1.51%	New
	BSP	Gyan Ranjan	3,854	1.32%	0.08
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Angrej Das	3,527	1.21%	New
	Independent	Basant Kumar Anand	2,013	0.69%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,906	1.34%	0.97
Margin of victory			39,721	13.62%	12.50
Turnout			2,91,577	66.61%	2.75
Registered electors			4,37,732		20.04
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	12.52

Assembly Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Das	95,491	41.01%	1.30
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	92,867	39.88%	18.33
	JVM(P)	Nirmala Bharti	9,970	4.28%	3.67
	LJP	Bajrangi Mahtha	6,394	2.75%	New
	AJSU	Santosh Paswan	4,528	1.94%	New
	Independent	Gonda Lal Das	4,012	1.72%	New
	BSP	Chandrashekhar Rajak	3,269	1.40%	New
	NOTA	Nota	5,381	2.31%	0.34
Margin of victory			2,624	1.13%	19.63
Turnout			2,32,865	63.86%	0.93
Registered electors			3,64,659		8.63
	BJP hold		Swing	1.30

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Das	92,022	42.31%	*New*
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	46,870	21.55%	14.85
	JMM	Nirmala Bharti	23,459	10.79%	1.88
	JVM(P)	Santosh Paswan	17,289	7.95%	15.43
	Independent	Bajarangi Mahatha	16,859	7.75%	New
	Independent	Mohan Kumar	2,762	1.27%	New
	BMP	Manoj Prasad Turi	2,370	1.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,761	2.65%	New
Margin of victory			45,152	20.76%	7.74
Turnout			2,17,504	64.79%	17.57
Registered electors			3,35,691		16.33
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	5.91

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	49,602	36.40%	13.45
	JVM(P)	Baldeo Das	31,862	23.38%	New
	JD(U)	Kameshwar Nath Das	13,909	10.21%	19.34
	JMM	Sanjay Kumar	12,131	8.90%	7.52
	BSP	Dharmraj Kumar	4,631	3.40%	2.33
	AITC	Hari Prasad Singh	4,422	3.25%	New
	Independent	Sujit Kumar Das	3,655	2.68%	New
Margin of victory			17,740	13.02%	6.42
Turnout			1,36,268	47.22%	4.05
Registered electors			2,88,569		1.52
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing	6.85

Assembly Election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kameshwar Nath Das	43,065	29.55%	6.21
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	33,442	22.95%	18.12
	JMM	Manoj Kumar Das	23,930	16.42%	9.81
	LJP	Shankar Paswan	9,351	6.42%	New
	INC	Rajendra Das	8,548	5.86%	16.59
	BSP	Nirmala Bharti	8,354	5.73%	3.04
	Independent	Sunil Mahtha	6,923	4.75%	New
Margin of victory			9,623	6.60%	11.13
Turnout			1,45,746	51.27%	1.16
Registered electors			2,84,246		26.95
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing	11.52

Assembly Election 2000[edit | edit source]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Deoghar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Suresh Paswan	48,216	41.07%	*New*
	JD(U)	Shankar Paswan	27,398	23.34%	New
	INC	Kameshwar Nath Das	26,362	22.45%	New
	JMM	Raghunath Das	7,757	6.61%	New
	BSP	Ramdeo Prasad Das	3,165	2.70%	New
	Independent	Dharmraj Kumar	2,489	2.12%	New
	NCP	Sanjay Kumar	1,228	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			20,818	17.73%
Turnout			1,17,405	53.11%
Registered electors			2,23,904
	RJD win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
↑ "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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "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.
↑ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[jhceo-1] "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.

[delimitation2008-2] "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.

[delimitation-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "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.

[4] Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[5] "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[6] "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[7] "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[8] "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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