Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Dumka
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentSunil Soren
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952
ReservationST
StateJharkhand
Most Successful PartyJharkhand Mukti Morcha (8 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesSikaripara
Nala
Jamtara
Dumka
Jama
Sarath

Dumka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India.

This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency covers the entire Jamtara district and parts of Dumka and Deoghar districts.

Assembly segments[edit]

Dumka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
7 Sikaripara ST Dumka
8 Nala None Jamtara
9 Jamtara None Jamtara
10 Dumka ST Dumka
11 Jama ST Dumka
14 Sarath None Deoghar

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Name Party
As Purnea-Santhal seat
1952 Paul Jujhar Soren Indian National Congress
As Dumka Lok Sabha constituency
1957 Debi Soren Jharkhand Party
1962 S. C. Besra Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977 Hembram Bateshwar Janata Party
1980 Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1984 Prithvi Chand Kisku Indian National Congress
1989 Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1991 Shibu Soren
1996 Shibu Soren
1998 Babu Lal Marandi Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Babu Lal Marandi
2002
(By poll)
Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2004 Shibu Soren
2009 Shibu Soren
2014 Shibu Soren
2019 Sunil Soren Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Soren 484,923 47.26 +14.4
JMM Shibu Soren 4,37,333 42.63 +5.44
CPI (M) Senapati Murmu 16,157 1.57
AITC Arjun Pujhar 14,804 1.54
NOTA None of the above 14,396 1.40
Majority 47,590 4.63
Turnout 10,25,981 73.43
BJP gain from JMM Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Shibu Soren 3,35,815 37.19
BJP Sunil Soren 2,96,785 32.86
JVM(P) Babulal Marandi 1,58,122 17.51
CPI (M) Chhaya Kole 26,442 2.93
NOTA None of the above 18,325 2.03
Majority 39,030 4.32
Turnout 9,03,062 70.94
JMM hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.

External links[edit]