Jarmundi Assembly constituency

Jarmundi
Jarmundi
Constituency No. 12 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Established	2000
Total electors	2,27,038
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Devendra Kunwar
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Jarmundi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]

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Election	Member
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Poreyahat cum Jarmundi constituency
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
1962	Srikant Jha	Indian National Congress
1967	S. Raut	Independent politician
1969	Srikant Jha	Indian National Congress
1972	Srikant Jha	Indian National Congress
1977	Dip Nath Rai	Independent politician
1980	Jawahar Prasad Singh	Independent politician
1985	Abhay Kant Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Jawahar Prasad Singh	Independent politician
1995	Devendra Kunwar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000	Devendra Kunwar	Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Hari Narayan Ray	Independent politician
2009	Hari Narayan Ray	Independent politician
2014	Badal Patralekh	Indian National Congress
2019	Badal Patralekh	Indian National Congress
2024	Devendra Kunwar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	94,892	48.73%	18.41
	INC	Badal Patralekh	77,346	39.72%	7.49
	Independent	Murari Kapri	4,635	2.38%	New
	Independent	Mahendra Das	3,210	1.65%	New
	JLKM	Rajeev Kumar	2,453	1.26%	New
	BSP	Lalmohan Ray	1,838	0.94%	New
	Independent	Hanif Mian	1,701	0.87%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,472	0.76%	0.13
Margin of victory			17,546	9.01%	7.11
Turnout			1,94,742	71.68%	0.09
Registered electors			2,71,664		19.66
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	16.50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Badal Patralekh	52,507	32.22%	3.40
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	49,408	30.32%	10.68
	Independent	Fulkumari Devi	17,313	10.62%	New
	JVM(P)	Sanjay Kumar	9,242	5.67%	3.63
	Independent	Sita Ram Pathak	3,989	2.45%	New
	Independent	Tarni Prasad Kamat	3,491	2.14%	New
	Independent	Bishwanath Ray	3,480	2.14%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,449	0.89%	0.98
Margin of victory			3,099	1.90%	0.13
Turnout			1,62,951	71.77%	1.97
Registered electors			2,27,038		9.72
	INC hold		Swing	3.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Badal Patralekh	43,981	28.82%	13.36
	JMM	Hari Narayan Ray	41,273	27.05%	7.21
	BJP	Abhay Kant Prasad	29,965	19.64%	9.99
	JVM(P)	Devendra Kunwar	14,189	9.30%	New
	BSP	Damodar Singh	2,948	1.93%	New
	RJD	Varun Kumar	2,797	1.83%	1.63
	Independent	Parmanand Ravidas	2,480	1.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,847	1.87%	New
Margin of victory			2,708	1.77%	7.26
Turnout			1,52,592	73.74%	8.85
Registered electors			2,06,926		15.67
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.04

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	33,512	28.87%	*New*
	JMM	Devendra Kunwar	23,025	19.83%	New
	INC	Badal Patralekh	17,955	15.47%	8.64
	BJP	Barun Kumar	11,197	9.65%	10.47
	RJD	Prabhat Kumar Singh	4,018	3.46%	4.60
	Independent	Jaydeo Mandal	3,749	3.23%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Gopal Chandra Roy	2,505	2.16%	New
Margin of victory			10,487	9.03%	3.31
Turnout			1,16,091	64.89%	3.51
Registered electors			1,78,901		0.37
	Independent hold		Swing	3.03

Overview

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	28,480	25.84%	*New*
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	22,171	20.12%	3.33
	RJD	Chakradhar Yadav	8,884	8.06%	5.12
	BSP	Alamgir	7,768	7.05%	11.46
	INC	Mani Shankar	7,524	6.83%	7.70
	Independent	Hari Shankar Patralekh	6,212	5.64%	New
	LJP	Jully Yadav	3,773	3.42%	New
Margin of victory			6,309	5.72%	0.79
Turnout			1,10,221	61.38%	4.95
Registered electors			1,79,564		15.94
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	2.40