Jamtara Assembly constituency

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Jamtara
Constituency No. 9 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictJamtara
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Established2000
Total electors2,77,191
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC  
Alliance  [[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Jamtara is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Jamtara Assembly constituency covers: Jamtara Police Station (excluding Karmatanr, Sahajpur, Pindari, Lakhanpur, Rataniya, Rampurbhitra and Kajra gram panchayats) and Narayanpur Police Station in Jamtara district.[2]

Jamtara Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952 Shatrughan Besra Jharkhand Party
1957
1962 Kali Prasad Singh Swatantra Party
1967 Shatrughan Besra Communist Party of India
1969 Kali Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Durga Prasad Singh
1977
1980 Arun Kumar Bose Communist Party of India
1985 Md. Furqan Ansari Indian National Congress
1990
1995
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005 Bishnu Prased Bhaiya[3] Bharatiya Janata Party
2009★ Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009 Bishnu Prased Bhaiya[4]
2014 Irfan Ansari[5] Indian National Congress[6]
2019[7]
2024

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jamtara[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Irfan Ansari 133,266 54.62% Increase1.51
BJP Sita Soren 89,590 36.72% Increase1.84
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Tarun Ku. Gupta 5,151 2.11% New
CPI(M) Lakhan Lal Mandal 3,553 1.46% New
Independent Sujit Das 2,487 1.02% New
BSP Arif Ansari 1,812 0.74% New
NOTA None of the Above 2,849 1.17% Decrease0.26
Margin of victory 43,676 17.90% Decrease0.34
Turnout 2,44,009 75.93% Decrease0.72
Registered electors 3,21,367 Increase15.94
INC hold Swing Increase1.51

Assembly Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jamtara[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Irfan Ansari 112,829 53.11% Increase17.94
BJP Birendra Mandal 74,088 34.87% Increase4.46
Independent Tarun Kumar Gupta 6,219 2.93% New
AJSU Chameli Devi 4,780 2.25% New
Independent Sanjay Pahan 3,407 1.60% New
JVM(P) Abdul Mannan Ansari 1,646 0.77% New
Independent Md. Anwar Ansari 1,549 0.73% New
NOTA Nota 3,031 1.43% Decrease0.66
Margin of victory 38,741 18.24% Increase13.47
Turnout 2,12,451 76.64% Decrease1.98
Registered electors 2,77,191 Increase13.59
INC hold Swing Increase17.94

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jamtara[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Irfan Ansari 67,486 35.17% Decrease1.9
BJP Birendra Mandal 58,349 30.41% Increase23.56
JMM Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya 52,029 27.12% Decrease19.48
BSP Sukhdev Ray 2,293 1.20% Decrease0.05
Independent Rakesh Kumar Lal 1,867 0.97% New
AITC Nandgopal Singh 1,321 0.69% New
Independent Md. Mustak 1,128 0.59% New
NOTA None of the Above 3,996 2.08% New
Margin of victory 9,137 4.76% Decrease9.97
Turnout 1,91,876 78.63% Increase22.92
Registered electors 2,44,034 Increase13.57
INC gain from JMM Swing Decrease0.47

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jamtara[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya 62,795 46.60% Increase10.96
INC Furqan Ansari 49,952 37.07% New
BJP Baby Sarkar 9,228 6.85% Decrease14.06
RJD Saryu Pd. Mandal 2,580 1.91% New
Independent Lakhindar Murmu 1,827 1.36% New
BSP Anwar Hussen 1,552 1.15% Decrease2.95
Independent Buddha Deb Marandi 1,494 1.11% New
Margin of victory 12,843 9.53% Increase6.77
Turnout 1,34,741 62.21% Increase1.94
Registered electors 2,16,606 Increase3.14
JMM gain from BJP Swing Increase7.59

Assembly By-election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Jamtara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Sibhu Soran 42,668 35.64% New
BJP Tarun Kumar Gupta 25,036 20.91% Decrease18.11
JVM(P) Abbu Talib Ansari 13,494 11.27% New
Independent Virendar Mandal 8,686 7.26% New
JD Md. Riyaz Ahmed 6,909 5.77% New
BSP Amar Kumar Dubey 4,907 4.10% Increase0.38
Independent Mohan Lal Mandal 3,821 3.19% New
Margin of victory 17,632 14.73% Increase5.20
Turnout 1,19,705 55.71% Decrease6.49
Registered electors 2,14,867 Decrease0.80
JMM hold Swing Decrease10.96

Assembly Election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jamtara[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya 49,387 39.02% Increase7.30
INC Irfan Ansari 45,895 36.26% Decrease3.23
Independent Birendra Mandal 5,049 3.99% New
BSP Siraj Ansari 4,706 3.72% New
AJSU Sunil Kumar Hansda 4,038 3.19% New
Independent Babu Lal Marandi 3,034 2.40% New
Independent Dulal Roy 2,885 2.28% New
Margin of victory 3,492 2.76% Decrease5.01
Turnout 1,26,575 60.27% Decrease3.07
Registered electors 2,10,012 Increase25.06
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease0.47

Assembly Election 2000[edit | edit source]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jamtara[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Furqan Ansari 42,002 39.49% New
BJP Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya 33,738 31.72% New
JMM Shyam Lal Hembram 23,541 22.13% New
CPI(M) Jay Prakash Mandal 3,578 3.36% New
CPI Chintamani Mandal 1,984 1.87% New
SP Asit Kumar Mandal 861 0.81% New
Independent Shiv Shankar Lal Murmu 667 0.63% New
Margin of victory 8,264 7.77%
Turnout 1,06,371 64.06%
Registered electors 1,67,935
INC win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.
  3. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jamtara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "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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