Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency

Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire Sahebganj and Pakur districts. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.^[1]

Rajmahal JH-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Assembly constituencies	Rajmahal Borio Barhait Litipara Pakur Maheshpur
Established	1957
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vijay Kumar Hansdak
Party	JMM
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
1	Rajmahal	Sahebganj	Md. Tajuddin		JMM		JMM
2	Borio (ST)		Dhananjay Soren		JMM		JMM
3	Barhait (ST)		Hemant Soren		JMM		JMM
4	Litipara (ST)	Pakur	Hemlal Murmu		JMM		JMM
5	Pakur		Nisat Alam		INC		JMM
6	Maheshpur (ST)		Stephen Marandi		JMM		JMM

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1957	Paika Murmu		Indian National Congress
1962	Iswar Marandi		Jharkhand Party
1967
1971			Indian National Congress
1977	Anthony Murmu		Janata Party
1980	Seth Hembram		Indian National Congress
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Simon Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1991
1996	Thomas Hansda		Indian National Congress
1998	Som Marandi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Thomas Hansda		Indian National Congress
2004	Hemlal Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009	Devidhan Besra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Vijay Hansda		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2019
2024

Elections results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Rajmahal^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Vijay Kumar Hansdak	613,371	50.35
	BJP	Tala Marandi	4,35,107	35.72
	Independent	Lobin Hembram	42,140	3.46
	CPI(M)	Gopen Soren	37,291	3.06
	NOTA	None of the above	18,217	1.50
Majority			1,78,264	14.63
Turnout			12,18,620	71.44
	JMM hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Rajmahal^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Vijay Kumar Hansdak	507,830	48.47
	BJP	Hemlal Murmu	4,08,635	39.00
	CPI(M)	Gopen Soren	35,586	3.40
	AITC	Monika Kisku	17,427	1.66
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,919	1.23
Majority			99,195	9.47
Turnout			10,47,853	72.05
	JMM hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Rajmahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Vijay Kumar Hansdak	379,507	39.88
	BJP	Hemlal Murmu	3,38,170	35.54
	JVM(P)	Dr. Anil Murmu	97,374	10.23
	CPI(M)	Jyotin Soren	58,034	6.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,875	2.09
Majority			41,337	4.34
Turnout			9,51,755	70.32
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Sahebganj district
• Pakur district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha