Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency

Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers parts of Bokaro and Dhanbad districts.

Dhanbad JH-7
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Assembly constituencies	Bokaro Chandankiyari Sindri Nirsa Dhanbad Jharia
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Dulu Mahato
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
36	Bokaro	Bokaro	Shwettaa Singh		INC		BJP
37	Chandankiyari (SC)		Umakant Rajak		JMM		BJP
38	Sindri	Dhanbad	Chandradeo Mahato		CPI(ML)L		BJP
39	Nirsa		Arup Chatterjee		CPI(ML)L		BJP
40	Dhanbad		Raj Sinha		BJP		BJP
41	Jharia		Ragini Singh		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	P. C. Bose		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	P. R. Chakravarti
1967	Rani Lalita Rajya Laxmi		Independent
1971	Ram Narain Sharma		Indian National Congress
1977	A. K. Roy		Marxist Coordination Committee
1980
1984	Shankar Dayal Singh		Indian National Congress
1989	A. K. Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	Rita Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998
1999
2004	Chandra Shekhar Dubey		Indian National Congress
2009	Pashupati Nath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Dulu Mahato

Election result

2024

2024 Indian general election: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dulu Mahato	789,172	55.26
	INC	Anupama Singh	4,57,789	32.04
	Independent	Eklak Ansari	79,653	5.58
	NOTA	None of the above	7,354	0.51
Majority			3,31,583
Turnout			14,31,957	62.52
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	827,234	66.03
	INC	Kirti Azad	3,41,040	27.22
	AITC	Madhvi Singh	8,235	0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	4,345	0.38
Majority			4,86,194	38.81
Turnout			12,53,265	60.47	−0.07
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	5,43,491	47.51
	INC	Ajay Kumar Dubey	2,50,537	21.90
	MCC	Anand Mahato	1,10,185	9.63
	JVM(P)	Samresh Singh	90,926	7.95
	AITC	Chandra Shekhar Dubey	29,937	2.62
	AJSU	Hemlata S. Mohan	21,277	1.81	New
	NOTA	None of the above	7,675	0.67	New
Majority			2,92,954	25.61
Turnout			11,43,945	60.53
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dhanbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	2,60,521	31.99
	INC	Chandra Shekhar Dubey	2,02,474	24.86
	BSP	Samaresh Singh	1,32,445	16.26
	MCC	A. K. Roy	85,457	10.49
Majority			58,047	7.14
Turnout			8,14,208	45.07
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Dhanbad district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha