Rajmahal
Constituency No. 1 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DivisionSanthal Pargana
DistrictSahebganj
LS constituencyRajmahal
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year2019

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]

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

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

Election results

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Rajmahal[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anant Kumar Ojha 88,904 42.26% Increase2.55
AJSU Md. Tajuddin 76,532 36.38% New
JMM Ketabuddin Sekh 24,619 11.70% Decrease27.65
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
Independent Pranjit Kumar 1,348 0.64% New
Margin of victory 12,372 5.88% Increase5.52
Turnout 2,10,394 69.70% Decrease2.58
Registered electors 3,01,867 Increase11.82
BJP hold Swing Increase2.55

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Rajmahal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anant Kumar Ojha 77,481 39.71% Increase2.04
JMM Md. Tajuddin 76,779 39.35% Increase9.32
Independent Bajrangi Prasad Yadav 18,866 9.67% New
CPI(M) Md. Rafikul Alam 5,478 2.81% Decrease1.65
RJD Arun Mandal 5,175 2.65% New
NOTA None of the Above 2,268 1.16% New
JD(U) Sunil Kumar Sinha 2,125 1.09% New
JVM(P) Krishna Mahto 1,617 0.83% New
Independent Binod Kumar Yadav 1,608 0.82% New
Shivsena Shankar Mandal 1,565 0.80% Decrease0.25
Margin of victory 702 0.36% Decrease7.28
Turnout 1,95,113 72.28% Increase13.99
Registered electors 2,69,959 Increase15.59
BJP hold Swing Increase2.04

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Rajmahal[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arun Mandal 51,277 37.67% Increase22.41
JMM Md. Tajuddin 40,874 30.03% New
INC Thomas Hansda 14,782 10.86% Decrease14.86
AITC Nazrul Islam 7,017 5.16% New
CPI(M) Md. Moinuddin Shekh 6,065 4.46% Decrease9.51
LJP Dhruv Bhagat 3,811 2.80% Increase1.68
Independent Binod Kumar Yadav 3,224 2.37% New
RSP Mukhtar Hussain 2,568 1.89% New
AJSU Vibhash Kumar Shah 2,030 1.49% New
BSP Idrish 1,800 1.32% New
Shivsena Abhimanyu Mandal 1,434 1.05% New
Margin of victory 10,403 7.64% Decrease0.24
Turnout 1,36,119 58.28% Decrease4.70
Registered electors 2,33,547 Increase3.75
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase11.95

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Rajmahal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thomas Hansda 36,472 25.72% Increase5.52
Independent Arun Mandal 25,296 17.84% New
BJP Kamal Krishna Bhagat 21,639 15.26% Decrease14.66
CPI(M) Moinuddin Shekh 19,805 13.97% New
RJD Ramchandra Keshri 11,254 7.94% Decrease1.71
NCP Dhruv Bhagat 4,251 3.00% Decrease4.27
Independent Md. Tajuddin 2,881 2.03% New
AJSU Pradeep Kumar Verma 2,449 1.73% New
Independent Rajendra Prasad Gupta 2,354 1.66% New
Independent Kiran Shankar Sinha 1,852 1.31% New
LJP Anup Kumar Rankraj 1,583 1.12% New
Margin of victory 11,176 7.88% Decrease1.81
Turnout 1,41,779 62.98% Increase1.01
Registered electors 2,25,100 Increase13.98
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease4.19

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election : Rajmahal
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
BJC Anukul Mishra 1,631 1.33% New
CPI(ML)L Sachindra Kumar Roy 721 0.59% 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

References

  1. ^ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XIII" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 166, 174.
  3. ^ "Rajmahal Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.


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