Jharia Assembly constituency

Jharia
Jharia
Constituency No. 41 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
LS constituency	Dhanbad
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Purnima Niraj Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Jharia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Purnima Niraj Singh	79,786	50.34%	24.10
	BJP	Ragini Singh	67,732	42.73%	5.40
	JVM(P)	Yogendra Yadav	2,779	1.75%	4.69
	AJSU	Abadhesh Kumar	1,279	0.81%	New
	Independent	Md Alam Ansari	1,006	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			12,054	7.60%	14.29
Turnout			1,58,509	52.32%	5.42
Registered electors			3,02,949		13.68
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.20

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjeev Singh	74,062	48.14%	7.62
	INC	Niraj Singh	40,370	26.24%	11.79
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Md. Rustam Ansari	18,723	12.17%	New
	JVM(P)	Yogendra Yadav	9,908	6.44%	New
	CPI(M)	Nandlal Paswan	2,298	1.49%	2.22
	BSP	Madan Mohan Ram	1,608	1.05%	0.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,392	0.90%	New
	JMM	Amit Kumar Sahu	1,184	0.77%	0.09
	Independent	Lukman Ansari	834	0.54%	New
	AIFB	Tarun Saw	805	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			33,692	21.90%	19.41
Turnout			1,53,863	57.74%	13.82
Registered electors			2,66,487		3.48
	BJP hold		Swing	7.62

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunti Singh	49,131	40.52%	2.89
	INC	Suresh Singh	46,115	38.03%	16.42
	RJD	Abo Devi	9,207	7.59%	6.27
	CPI(M)	Suresh Prasad Gupta	4,498	3.71%	2.32
	Independent	Chandan Kumar Mahato	2,959	2.44%	New
	Independent	Devilal Bhuia	1,025	0.85%	New
	BSP	Birendra Kumar Singh	923	0.76%	0.05
	JMM	Ram Krishna Prasad	820	0.68%	New
	JD(S)	Tarun Saw	776	0.64%	New
	Independent	Jai Prakash Singh	723	0.60%	New
	SP	Mahesh Nishad	673	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			3,016	2.49%	19.31
Turnout			1,21,257	43.92%	7.06
Registered electors			2,76,086		2.86
	BJP hold		Swing	2.89

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunti Singh	62,900	43.41%	*New*
	INC	Suresh Singh	31,312	21.61%	0.39
	RJD	Yogendra Yadav	20,092	13.87%	2.96
	CPI(M)	S.K. Baksi	8,732	6.03%	New
	LJP	Belal Khan	8,616	5.95%	New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Shankar Rawani	3,965	2.74%	New
	NCP	Ezaz Ahmad	1,508	1.04%	New
	BSP	Madhukar Singh	1,171	0.81%	1.24
	Independent	Shyam Sunder Prasad	1,072	0.74%	New
	JPP	Paras Hari	992	0.68%	New
	Independent	Ram Saran Rai	937	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			31,588	21.80%	0.82
Turnout			1,44,897	50.98%	4.21
Registered electors			2,84,225		17.36
	BJP gain from Samata Party		Swing	1.21

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jharia^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Bacha Singh	56,401	42.20%	*New*
	INC	Abdul Qaum Ansari	28,362	21.22%	New
	RJD	Abo Devi	14,577	10.91%	New
	Independent	Yogendra Yadav	11,733	8.78%	New
	JD(U)	Mundrika Paswan	6,985	5.23%	New
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Nitai Mahato	6,656	4.98%	New
	JMM	Saryug Mahato	3,319	2.48%	New
	BSP	Munni Lal	2,733	2.04%	New
Margin of victory			28,039	20.98%
Turnout			1,33,660	55.78%
Registered electors			2,42,174
	Samata Party win (new seat)