Rajmahal Assembly constituency

Rajmahal
Rajmahal
Constituency No. 1 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Division	Santhal Pargana
District	Sahebganj
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Md. Tajuddin
Party	JMM
Alliance	[[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)\|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)/meta/shortname]]
Elected year	2024

Rajmahal Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.^[1] This constituency covers Rajmahal and Sahebganj Police Stations in Rajmahal sub-division of the district.^[2]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Rajmahal (constituency number 1) is one of the three Jharkhand Legislative Assembly constituencies in Sahebganj district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Borio and Barhait in this district and Litipara, Pakur and Maheshpur in Pakur district.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year	Member^[3]
1952	Md. Burhanuddin Khan	Indian National Congress
1952	Jetha Kisku^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1957	Binodanand Jha
1962	Binodanand Jha
1967	Nathmal Dokarai	Swatantra Party
1969	Om Prakash Roy	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Nathmal Dokania	Indian National Congress
1977	Dhruv Bhagat	Independent
1980		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1990	Raghu Nath Prasad Sodani	Indian National Congress
1995	Dhruv Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Arun Mandal
2005	Thomas Hansda	Indian National Congress
2009	Arun Mandal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Anant Kumar Ojha
2019	Anant Kumar Ojha
2024	Md. Tajuddin	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	140,176	53.67%	41.97
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	96,744	37.04%	5.21
	Independent	Sunil Yadav	14,012	5.37%	New
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Motilal Sarkar	1,918	0.73%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,058	1.17%	0.78
Margin of victory			43,432	16.63%	10.75
Turnout			2,61,163	73.41%	3.71
Registered electors			3,55,762		17.85
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	11.42

Assembly election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	88,904	42.26%	2.55
	AJSU	Md. Tajuddin	76,532	36.38%	New
	JMM	Ketabuddin Sekh	24,619	11.70%	27.65
	BSP	Pradip Kumar Singh	3,826	1.82%	New
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Mandal	2,617	1.24%	New
	Independent	Nitya Nand Gupta	2,614	1.24%	New
	Independent	Rajkishor Yadav	1,421	0.68%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	821	0.39%	0.77
Margin of victory			12,372	5.88%	5.52
Turnout			2,10,394	69.70%	2.58
Registered electors			3,01,867		11.82
	BJP hold		Swing	2.55

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	77,481	39.71%	2.04
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	76,779	39.35%	9.32
	Independent	Bajrangi Prasad Yadav	18,866	9.67%	New
	CPI(M)	Md. Rafikul Alam	5,478	2.81%	1.65
	RJD	Arun Mandal	5,175	2.65%	New
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Sinha	2,125	1.09%	New
	JVM(P)	Krishna Mahto	1,617	0.83%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,268	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			702	0.36%	7.28
Turnout			1,95,113	72.28%	13.99
Registered electors			2,69,959		15.59
	BJP hold		Swing	2.04

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Mandal	51,277	37.67%	22.41
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	40,874	30.03%	New
	INC	Thomas Hansda	14,782	10.86%	14.86
	AITC	Nazrul Islam	7,017	5.16%	New
	CPI(M)	Md. Moinuddin Shekh	6,065	4.46%	9.51
	LJP	Dhruv Bhagat	3,811	2.80%	New
	Independent	Binod Kumar Yadav	3,224	2.37%	New
Margin of victory			10,403	7.64%	0.24
Turnout			1,36,119	58.28%	4.70
Registered electors			2,33,547		3.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.95

Assembly Election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thomas Hansda	36,472	25.72%	5.52
	Independent	Arun Mandal	25,296	17.84%	New
	BJP	Kamal Krishna Bhagat	21,639	15.26%	14.66
	CPI(M)	Moinuddin Shekh	19,805	13.97%	New
	RJD	Ramchandra Keshri	11,254	7.94%	1.71
	NCP	Dhruv Bhagat	4,251	3.00%	4.27
	Independent	Md. Tajuddin	2,881	2.03%	New
Margin of victory			11,176	7.88%	1.81
Turnout			1,41,779	62.98%	1.01
Registered electors			2,25,100		13.98
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.19

Assembly Election 2000[edit | edit source]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Mandal	36,623	29.92%	*New*
	JMM	Najrul Islam	24,761	20.23%	New
	INC	Anil Kumar Sarkar	24,733	20.21%	New
	RJD	Dhruv Bhagat	11,804	9.64%	New
	NCP	Jayant Singh	8,900	7.27%	New
	Independent	Dara Singh Yadav	7,034	5.75%	New
	Independent	Farid Shaikh	5,224	4.27%	New
Margin of victory			11,862	9.69%
Turnout			1,22,406	62.66%
Registered electors			1,97,497
	BJP win (new seat)

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Rajmahal Damin

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XIII" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 166, 174.
↑ "Rajmahal Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in.
↑ 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.

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[4] Rajmahal Damin

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

[ceo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XIII" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 166, 174.

[result-3] "Rajmahal Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in.

[5] 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.

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

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

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

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

[10] "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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