Bokaro Assembly constituency

Bokaro Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2] Bokaro was part of Bihar of Assembly before the bifurcation of the state in 2000 which led to the creation of Jharkhand.

Bokaro
Constituency No. 36 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhanbad
Established	2000
Total electors	526,660
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shwettaa Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1977: Constituency did not exist
1977	Samresh Singh		Independent politician
1980	Aklu Ram Mahto		Janata Party
1985	Samresh Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990
1995	Aklu Ram Mahto		Janata Dal
2000	Samresh Singh		Independent politician
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Izrail Ansari		Indian National Congress
2009	Samresh Singh		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2014	Biranchi Narayan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Shwettaa Singh		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bokaro^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shwettaa Singh	133,438	42.34%	5.83
	BJP	Biranchi Narayan	1,26,231	40.05%	1.37
	JLKM	Saroj Kumari	39,621	12.57%	New
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar	2,817	0.89%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,730	1.18%	0.22
Margin of victory			7,207	2.29%	2.62
Turnout			3,15,173	53.94%	2.44
Registered electors			5,84,275		10.94
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.92

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bokaro^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Biranchi Narayan	112,333	41.42%	1.96
	INC	Shweta Singh	99,020	36.51%	25.77
	AJSU	Rajendra Mahato	14,517	5.35%	New
	JVM(P)	Prakash Kumar	13,872	5.11%	2.52
	AIMIM	Masakur Alam Siddiki	5,401	1.99%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	3,148	1.16%	New
	Independent	Jayanti Kumari	2,226	0.82%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,615	0.96%	0.25
Margin of victory			13,313	4.91%	22.66
Turnout			2,71,225	51.50%	1.97
Registered electors			5,26,660		6.86
	BJP hold		Swing	1.96

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bokaro^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Biranchi Narayan	114,321	43.38%	New
	Independent	Samresh Singh	41,678	15.81%	New
	INC	Manjur Ansari	28,295	10.74%	8.04
	JVM(P)	Izrail Ansari	20,120	7.63%	19.32
	JMM	Mantu Kumar Yadav	13,922	5.28%	1.03
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar	8,501	3.23%	New
	RJD	Awadhesh Singh Yadav	6,167	2.34%	5.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,891	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			72,643	27.56%	19.39
Turnout			2,63,538	53.47%	8.59
Registered electors			4,92,853		10.91
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	16.43

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bokaro^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Samresh Singh	53,757	26.95%	New
	INC	Izrail Ansari	37,452	18.78%	1.41
	JD(U)	Shailendra Mahto	34,759	17.43%	0.49
	RJD	Aklu Ram Mahto	15,690	7.87%	4.87
	JMM	Mantu Kumar Yadav	12,595	6.31%	New
	AJSU	Ahsanu Ullah Sah	5,841	2.93%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Mahto	5,606	2.81%	New
Margin of victory			16,305	8.17%	5.91
Turnout			1,99,452	44.88%	3.05
Registered electors			4,44,370		4.32
	JVM(P) gain from INC		Swing	6.77

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bokaro^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Izrail Ansari	44,939	20.19%	New
	JD(U)	Ashok Chaudhary	39,898	17.92%	New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Samresh Singh	35,644	16.01%	New
	RJD	Bachcha Singh	28,365	12.74%	New
	Independent	Aklu Ram Mahto	16,109	7.24%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Mahto	8,043	3.61%	New
	SP	Sadhu Sharan Gope	6,819	3.06%	4.74
Margin of victory			5,041	2.26%	29.57
Turnout			2,22,623	47.94%	7.99
Registered electors			4,64,418		29.35
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	28.47

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bokaro^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Samresh Singh	97,712	48.66%	New
	Samata Party	Ashok Choudhary	33,779	16.82%	New
	SP	Aklu Ram Mahto	15,673	7.80%	New
	JMM	Yogeshwar Mahato	10,421	5.19%	New
	Independent	Sadhu Sharan Gope	8,240	4.10%	New
	CPI	Anirudh	7,910	3.94%	New
	SJP(R)	Birendra Singh	5,962	2.97%	New
Margin of victory			63,933	31.84%
Turnout			2,00,810	56.63%
Registered electors			3,59,043
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly