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 segmentsEdit
Presently, Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]
| 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 ParliamentEdit
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | P. C. Bose | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | P. R. Chakravarti | ||
| 1967 | Rani Lalita Rajya Laxmi | Independent | |
| 1971 | Ram Narain Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | A. K. Roy | Marxist Coordination Committee | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | Shankar Dayal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | A. K. Roy | Marxist Coordination Committee | |
| 1991 | Rita Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Chandra Shekhar Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Pashupati Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
Election resultEdit
General election 2019Edit
| 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 2014Edit
| 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 2009Edit
| 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 alsoEdit
NotesEdit
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.