Jharia Assembly constituency

Jharia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2]

Jharia
Constituency No. 41 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhanbad
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ragini Singh
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1967: Constituency did not exist
1967	S. R. Prasad		Indian National Congress
1969	Sheo Kumar Rai		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1972			Communist Party of India
1977	Suryadeo Singh		Janata Party
1980
1985
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Abo Devi Raju Yadav
2000	Bachcha Singh		Samata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Kunti Suryadeo Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014	Sanjeev Suryadeo Singh
2019	Purnima Niraj Singh		Indian National Congress
2024	Ragini Sanjeev Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ragini Sanjeev Singh	87,892	51.47%	8.74
	INC	Purnima Niraj Singh	73,381	42.97%	7.36
	JLKM	Md. Rustam Ansari	5,060	2.96%	New
	Independent	Sonu Kumar Balmiki	1,110	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,908	1.12%	0.72
Margin of victory			14,511	8.50%	0.89
Turnout			1,70,758	56.42%	4.09
Registered electors			3,02,673		0.09
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.14

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Purnima Niraj Singh	79,786	50.34%	24.10
	BJP	Ragini Sanjeev Singh	67,732	42.73%	5.40
	JVM(P)	Yogendra Yadav	2,779	1.75%	4.69
	AJSU	Abadhesh Kumar	1,279	0.81%	New
	Independent	Md Alam Ansari	1,006	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	636	0.40%	0.50
Margin of victory			12,054	7.60%	14.29
Turnout			1,58,509	52.32%	5.42
Registered electors			3,02,949		13.68
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.20

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjeev Singh	74,062	48.14%	7.62
	INC	Niraj Singh	40,370	26.24%	11.79
	MCC	Md. Rustam Ansari	18,723	12.17%	New
	JVM(P)	Yogendra Yadav	9,908	6.44%	New
	CPI(M)	Nandlal Paswan	2,298	1.49%	2.22
	BSP	Madan Mohan Ram	1,608	1.05%	0.28
	JMM	Amit Kumar Sahu	1,184	0.77%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,392	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			33,692	21.90%	19.41
Turnout			1,53,863	57.74%	13.82
Registered electors			2,66,487		3.48
	BJP hold		Swing	7.62

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunti Singh	49,131	40.52%	2.89
	INC	Suresh Singh	46,115	38.03%	16.42
	RJD	Abo Devi Raju Yadav	9,207	7.59%	6.27
	CPI(M)	Suresh Prasad Gupta	4,498	3.71%	2.32
	Independent	Chandan Kumar Mahato	2,959	2.44%	New
	Independent	Devilal Bhuia	1,025	0.85%	New
	BSP	Birendra Kumar Singh	923	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			3,016	2.49%	19.31
Turnout			1,21,257	43.92%	7.06
Registered electors			2,76,086		2.86
	BJP hold		Swing	2.89

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunti Singh	62,900	43.41%	New
	INC	Suresh Singh	31,312	21.61%	0.39
	RJD	Yogendra Yadav	20,092	13.87%	2.96
	CPI(M)	S.K. Bakshi	8,732	6.03%	New
	LJP	Belal Khan	8,616	5.95%	New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Shankar Rawani	3,965	2.74%	New
	NCP	Ezaz Ahmad	1,508	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			31,588	21.80%	0.82
Turnout			1,44,897	50.98%	4.21
Registered electors			2,84,225		17.36
	BJP gain from Samata Party		Swing	1.21

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Bachcha Singh	56,401	42.20%	New
	INC	Abdul Qaum Ansari	28,362	21.22%	New
	RJD	Abo Devi Raju Yadav	14,577	10.91%	New
	Independent	Yogendra Yadav	11,733	8.78%	New
	JD(U)	Mundrika Paswan	6,985	5.23%	New
	MCC	Nitai Mahato	6,656	4.98%	New
	JMM	Saryug Mahato	3,319	2.48%	New
Margin of victory			28,039	20.98%
Turnout			1,33,660	55.78%
Registered electors			2,42,174
	Samata Party win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Dhanbad district