Dumka Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
Assembly constituenciesSikaripara
Nala
Jamtara
Dumka
Jama
Sarath
Established1952
ReservationST
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Dumka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India.

This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency covers the entire Jamtara district and parts of Dumka and Deoghar districts.

Assembly segments

Dumka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

# Name District Member Party
7 Sikaripara (ST) Dumka Nalin Soren JMM
8 Nala Jamtara Rabindra Nath Mahato JMM
9 Jamtara Irfan Ansari INC
10 Dumka (ST) Dumka Basant Soren JMM
11 Jama (ST) Sita Soren JMM
14 Sarath Deoghar Randhir Kumar Singh BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Name Party
1952 Paul Jujhar Soren[lower-alpha 1] Indian National Congress
1957 Debi Soren Jharkhand Party
1962 S. C. Besra Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977 Bateshwar Hembram Janata Party
1980 Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1984 Prithvi Chand Kisku Indian National Congress
1989 Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1991
1996
1998 Babulal Marandi Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2002^ Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2004
2009
2014
2019 Sunil Soren Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. ↑ Purnea-Santhal seat

Election results

2019 Indian general elections: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Soren 484,923 47.26 +14.4
JMM Shibu Soren 4,37,333 42.63 +5.44
CPI(M) Senapati Murmu 16,157 1.57
AITC Arjun Pujhar 14,804 1.54
NOTA None of the above 14,396 1.40
Majority 47,590 4.63
Turnout 10,25,981 73.43
BJP gain from JMM Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Dumka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Shibu Soren 3,35,815 37.19
BJP Sunil Soren 2,96,785 32.86
JVM(P) Babulal Marandi 1,58,122 17.51
CPI(M) Chhaya Kole 26,442 2.93
NOTA None of the above 18,325 2.03
Majority 39,030 4.32
Turnout 9,03,062 70.94
JMM hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.

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