Rajmahal Assembly constituency

Rajmahal Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.^[1] This constituency covers Rajmahal and Sahebganj Police Stations in Rajmahal sub-division of the district.^[2]

Rajmahal
Constituency No. 1 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Division	Santhal Pargana
District	Sahebganj
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Md. Tajuddin
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Overview

Rajmahal (constituency number 1) is one of the three Jharkhand Legislative Assembly constituencies in Sahebganj district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Borio and Barhait in this district and Litipara, Pakur and Maheshpur in Pakur district.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Md. Burhanuddin Khan		Indian National Congress
	Jetha Kisku (Rajmahal Damin constituency)
1957	Binodanand Jha
1962
1967	Nathmal Dokarai		Swatantra Party
1969	Om Prakash Roy		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Nathmal Dokania		Indian National Congress
1977	Dhruv Bhagat		Independent
1980			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1990	Raghu Nath Prasad Sodani		Indian National Congress
1995	Dhruv Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Arun Mandal
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Thomas Hansda[3]		Indian National Congress
2009	Arun Mandal[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Anant Kumar Ojha[5][6]
2019
2024	Md. Tajuddin		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	140,176	53.67%	41.97
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	96,744	37.04%	5.21
	Independent	Sunil Yadav	14,012	5.37%	New
	JLKM	Motilal Sarkar	1,918	0.73%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,058	1.17%	0.78
Margin of victory			43,432	16.63%	10.75
Turnout			2,61,163	73.41%	3.71
Registered electors			3,55,762		17.85
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	11.42

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	88,904	42.26%	2.55
	AJSU	Md. Tajuddin	76,532	36.38%	New
	JMM	Ketabuddin Sekh	24,619	11.70%	27.65
	BSP	Pradip Kumar Singh	3,826	1.82%	New
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Mandal	2,617	1.24%	New
	Independent	Nitya Nand Gupta	2,614	1.24%	New
	Independent	Rajkishor Yadav	1,421	0.68%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	821	0.39%	0.77
Margin of victory			12,372	5.88%	5.52
Turnout			2,10,394	69.70%	2.58
Registered electors			3,01,867		11.82
	BJP hold		Swing	2.55

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	77,481	39.71%	2.04
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	76,779	39.35%	9.32
	Independent	Bajrangi Prasad Yadav	18,866	9.67%	New
	CPI(M)	Md. Rafikul Alam	5,478	2.81%	1.65
	RJD	Arun Mandal	5,175	2.65%	New
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Sinha	2,125	1.09%	New
	JVM(P)	Krishna Mahto	1,617	0.83%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,268	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			702	0.36%	7.28
Turnout			1,95,113	72.28%	13.99
Registered electors			2,69,959		15.59
	BJP hold		Swing	2.04

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Mandal	51,277	37.67%	22.41
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	40,874	30.03%	New
	INC	Thomas Hansda	14,782	10.86%	14.86
	AITC	Nazrul Islam	7,017	5.16%	New
	CPI(M)	Md. Moinuddin Shekh	6,065	4.46%	9.51
	LJP	Dhruv Bhagat	3,811	2.80%	New
	Independent	Binod Kumar Yadav	3,224	2.37%	New
Margin of victory			10,403	7.64%	0.24
Turnout			1,36,119	58.28%	4.70
Registered electors			2,33,547		3.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.95

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thomas Hansda	36,472	25.72%	5.52
	Independent	Arun Mandal	25,296	17.84%	New
	BJP	Kamal Krishna Bhagat	21,639	15.26%	14.66
	CPI(M)	Moinuddin Shekh	19,805	13.97%	New
	RJD	Ramchandra Keshri	11,254	7.94%	1.71
	NCP	Dhruv Bhagat	4,251	3.00%	4.27
	Independent	Md. Tajuddin	2,881	2.03%	New
Margin of victory			11,176	7.88%	1.81
Turnout			1,41,779	62.98%	1.01
Registered electors			2,25,100		13.98
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.19

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Mandal	36,623	29.92%	New
	JMM	Najrul Islam	24,761	20.23%	New
	INC	Anil Kumar Sarkar	24,733	20.21%	New
	RJD	Dhruv Bhagat	11,804	9.64%	New
	NCP	Jayant Singh	8,900	7.27%	New
	Independent	Dara Singh Yadav	7,034	5.75%	New
	Independent	Farid Shaikh	5,224	4.27%	New
Margin of victory			11,862	9.69%
Turnout			1,22,406	62.66%
Registered electors			1,97,497
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Rajmahal (community development block)
• Sahibganj (community development block)
• Rajmahal
• Sahibganj
• List of states of India by type of legislature
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly