Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dumka is located in Jharkhand
Dumka
Dumka
Location in Jharkhand
Coordinates: 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E / 24.28167°N 87.26528°E / 24.28167; 87.26528Coordinates: 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E / 24.28167°N 87.26528°E / 24.28167; 87.26528
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDumka
Constituency No.10
TypeReserved for ST
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka

Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Overview[]

Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers: Dumka Town, Dumka Muffassil and Masalia Police Stations in Dumka district[1]

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.[1]

Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election Member Party
2005 Stephen Marandi Independent
2009 Hemant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014 Lois Marandi Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Hemant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2020 Basant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results[]

Bye-election, 2020: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Basant Soren 80,559 48.79
BJP Lois Marandi 73,717 44.65
NOTA None of the Above 3,665 2.22
IND. Sunita Murmu 1,864 1.13
Margin of victory 6,842 4.14
Turnout 1,65,267 65.85
JMM hold Swing
2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Hemant Soren 81,007 48.86
BJP Lois Marandi 67,819 40.91
JVM(P) Anjula Murmu 3,156 1.9
JD(U) Marshal Rishiraj Tudu 2,409 1.45
NOTA None of the Above 2,267 1.37
Margin of victory 13,188 7.95
Turnout 1,65,820 67.14
JMM gain from BJP Swing
2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lois Marandi 69,760 44.65
JMM Hemant Soren 64,846 41.50
JVM(P) Bablu Kumar Murmu 4,552 2.91
INC Sagen Murmu 3,594 2.93
NOTA None of the Above 3,200 2.05
Margin of victory 4,914 3.15
Turnout 1,56,239 69.24
BJP gain from JMM Swing

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "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.


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