Dhanbad Assembly constituency

Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Constituency No. 40 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
LS constituency	Dhanbad
Established	2000
Total electors	433,191
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Raj Sinha
Elected year	2019

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Earlier Dhanbad constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanbad
	Candidate	±%
JLKM	Sapan Kumar Modak	New
INC	Ajay Dubey	New
BJP	Raj Sinha	New

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanbad^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj Sinha	120,773	52.31%	5.83
	INC	Mannan Mallick	90,144	39.04%	4.23
	Independent	Ranjeet Singh Alias Bablu Singh	2,852	1.24%	New
	LJP	Vikash Ranjan	2,426	1.05%	New
	JD(U)	Vipin Kumar	1,759	0.76%	New
	AJSU	Pradip Mohan Sahay	1,724	0.75%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,630	0.71%	0.40
	JVM(P)	Saroj Kumar Singh	1,458	0.63%	1.21
Margin of victory			30,629	13.27%	10.06
Turnout			2,30,893	53.30%	5.97
Registered electors			4,33,191		13.00
	BJP hold		Swing	5.83

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanbad^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj Sinha	132,091	58.13%	23.67
	INC	Mannan Mallick	79,094	34.81%	0.22
	JVM(P)	Ramesh Kumar Rahi	4,195	1.85%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,521	1.11%	New
	JMM	Bhupendra Kumar	2,070	0.91%	2.34
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Pawan Mahato	1,429	0.63%	1.01
	BSP	Triveni Das	1,371	0.60%	0.88
Margin of victory			52,997	23.32%	22.76
Turnout			2,27,217	59.27%	16.53
Registered electors			3,83,351		3.15
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	23.11

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanbad^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mannan Mallick	55,641	35.03%	2.06
	BJP	Raj Sinha	54,751	34.47%	10.03
	Independent	Niraj Singh	17,801	11.21%	New
	Independent	Sadanand Mahato Alias Mantu Mahato	9,090	5.72%	New
	JMM	Awadh Kishore Sahay	5,157	3.25%	New
	LJP	Belal Khan	3,001	1.89%	0.88
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Ajay Narayan Lall	2,602	1.64%	New
	BSP	Kumar Kaushal	2,363	1.49%	0.29
	Independent	Jugal Kishor Ritolia	1,269	0.80%	New
	AJSU	Dinesh Singh	1,043	0.66%	New
	Independent	Kailash Prasad Choudhary	818	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			890	0.56%	10.97
Turnout			1,58,855	42.75%	7.27
Registered electors			3,71,634		1.17
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.47

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanbad^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhishek Bhattarai	83,692	44.50%	4.33
	INC	Mannan Mallick	62,012	32.97%	16.24
	RJD	Hatim Ansari	6,191	3.29%	17.90
	LJP	Pankaj Kumar Sharma	5,200	2.76%	New
	SP	Sushil Kr. Singh	4,280	2.28%	New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Ram Kumar Singh Choudhary	3,237	1.72%	New
	CPI(M)	Gopikant Bakshi	2,898	1.54%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Dilip Ram	2,792	1.48%	New
	Independent	Upendra Kumar Singh	2,625	1.40%	New
	Independent	Ganpat Mahto	2,560	1.36%	New
	BSP	Neelam Singh	2,261	1.20%	0.32
Margin of victory			21,680	11.53%	16.10
Turnout			1,88,087	50.02%	2.45
Registered electors			3,76,039		29.61
	BJP hold		Swing	4.33

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhanbad^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh	74,331	48.82%	*New*
	RJD	Prasadi Sao	32,266	21.19%	New
	INC	Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh	25,476	16.73%	New
	JMM	Rekha Mandal	12,710	8.35%	New
	NCP	Surendra Prasad Rai	1,795	1.18%	New
	CPI	Amarendra Narayan Singh	1,657	1.09%	New
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Bishwanath Bagi	1,345	0.88%	New
	BSP	Raj Kumar Sharma	1,344	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			42,065	27.63%
Turnout			1,52,242	52.94%
Registered electors			2,90,135
	BJP win (new seat)