Sarath Assembly constituency

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

Sarath
Constituency No. 14 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Established	2000
Total electors	2,74,163
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Uday Shankar Singh
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Overview

Sarath Assembly constituency covers: Sarath and Palojori Police Stations in Deoghar district and Karmatanr, Shahajpur, Pindari, Lakhanpur, Rataniya, Rampurbhitra and Kajra gram panchayats in Jamtara Police Station in Jamtara district.^[2]

Sarath Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Madhupur cum Sarath constituency
1957	Badri Narayan Singh		Indian National Congress
1962	Kamdeo Prasad Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1967	N. K. Singh		Indian National Congress
1969	Kamdeo Prasad Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1972			Indian National Congress
1977	Chandra Mouleshwar Singh		Janata Party
1980	Ashaya Charan Lal		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1985	Uday Shankar Singh		Independent politician
1990	Krishna Nand Jha		Indian National Congress
1995[3]	Uday Shankar Singh		Indian National Congress
2000[3]	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005[3]	Uday Shankar Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta[4]		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014	Randhir Kumar Singh[5]		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2019[6]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Uday Shankar Singh		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sarath^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Uday Shankar Singh	135,219	54.32%	42.40
	BJP	Randhir Kumar Singh	97,790	39.28%	3.22
	Independent	Sanjay Pandit	3,306	1.33%	New
	Independent	Vicky Kumar Mandal	3,013	1.21%	New
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Gupta	2,350	0.94%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,582	0.64%	0.22
Margin of victory			37,429	15.03%	1.61
Turnout			2,48,952	78.61%	0.60
Registered electors			3,16,682		15.51
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	11.82

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sarath^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Randhir Kumar Singh	90,895	42.50%	16.21
	JVM(P)	Uday Shankar Singh	62,175	29.07%	4.71
	JMM	Parimal Kumar Singh	25,482	11.91%	11.25
	AIMIM	Mumtaj Ansari	12,830	6.00%	New
	Independent	Pinki Kumari	5,666	2.65%	New
	Independent	Israel Ansari	2,912	1.36%	New
	Independent	Mamleshwar Prasad Singh	1,656	0.77%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	885	0.41%	1.53
Margin of victory			28,720	13.43%	5.94
Turnout			2,13,882	78.01%	1.25
Registered electors			2,74,163		13.34
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	8.72

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sarath^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Randhir Kumar Singh	62,717	33.78%	New
	BJP	Uday Shankar Singh	48,816	26.29%	New
	JMM	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta	43,013	23.16%	6.54
	BSP	Md. Yusuf Ansari	9,083	4.89%	New
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Dr. Suraj Mandal	3,583	1.93%	New
	RJD	Surendar Rawani	3,462	1.86%	12.65
	Independent	Jimoli Soren	2,509	1.35%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,618	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			13,901	7.49%	0.54
Turnout			1,85,682	76.76%	12.71
Registered electors			2,41,885		14.25
	JVM(P) gain from JMM		Swing	4.07

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sarath^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta	40,282	29.70%	8.69
	INC	Uday Shankar Singh	30,862	22.76%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Randhir Kumar Singh	21,721	16.02%	New
	RJD	Surendra Rawani	19,684	14.51%	35.00
	Independent	Parmeshwar Hembrom	7,638	5.63%	New
	Independent	Hemlal Rajwar	3,897	2.87%	New
	JD(U)	Jai Kumar Singh	2,726	2.01%	1.35
Margin of victory			9,420	6.95%	4.18
Turnout			1,35,617	64.05%	0.93
Registered electors			2,11,723		0.23
	JMM gain from RJD		Swing	19.81

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sarath^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Uday Shankar Singh	66,335	49.52%	43.41
	JMM	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta	51,429	38.39%	12.73
	JD(U)	Satish Chandra Rao	4,495	3.36%	New
	Independent	Suman Kumar Singh	3,092	2.31%	New
	BSP	Jayant Rao Patel	2,167	1.62%	New
	Independent	Bivek Kumar Singh	1,712	1.28%	New
	Independent	Rurdranand Raw	791	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			14,906	11.13%	0.25
Turnout			1,33,969	63.13%	4.54
Registered electors			2,12,216		21.37
	RJD gain from JMM		Swing	1.60

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sarath^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta	60,482	51.12%	New
	BJP	Uday Shankar Singh	47,016	39.74%	New
	RJD	Sirajuddin Ansari	7,227	6.11%	New
	SP	Nirbhay Charan Lal	1,597	1.35%	New
	INC	Ashok Roy	1,238	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			13,466	11.38%
Turnout			1,18,321	68.56%
Registered electors			1,74,849
	JMM win (new seat)

See also

• Sarath
• Palojori
• Jamtara block
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of states of India by type of legislature