Jarmundi Assembly constituency

Jarmundi
Jarmundi
Constituency No. 12 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
LS constituency	Godda
Established	2000
Total electors	2,27,038
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Badal Patralekh
Party	INC
Elected year	2019

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

Overview

Jarmundi Assembly constituency covers: Jarmundi Police Station in Dumka district and Sarawan Police Station in Deoghar district.^[2]

Jarmundi Assembly constituency is part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Earlier Jarmundi constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member
Before 1957: see Poreyahat cum Jarmundi constituency
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
1962	Srikant Jha	Indian National Congress
1967	S. Raut	Independent politician
1969	Srikant Jha	Indian National Congress
1972	Srikant Jha	Indian National Congress
1977	Dip Nath Rai	Independent politician
1980	Jawahar Prasad Singh	Independent politician
1985	Abhay Kant Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Jawahar Prasad Singh	Independent politician
1995	Devendra Kuwar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000	Devendra Kuwar	Bharatiya Janata Party

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

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar
	INC	Badal Patralekh
	JLKM	Rajeev Yadav			New
	SP	Amrendra Kumar
	BSP	Lalmohan Ray
	Indian National Socialistic Action Forces	Jai Narayan Mandal
	BMP	Kedar Das
	Rashtriya Republican Party	MD RAZI AHMAD
	Independent	MAMTA VERMA
	Independent	JULI YADAV
	Independent	DILIP KUMAR DUBEY
	Independent	HANIF MIAN
	Independent	MURARI KAPRI
	Independent	MAHENDRA DAS
	Independent	DHIRAJ KUMAR JHA
	Independent	DHIRAJ KUMAR
Margin of victory				%
Turnout				%
Registered electors
			Swing

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Badal Patralekh	52,507	32.22%	3.40
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	49,408	30.32%	10.68
	Independent	Fulkumari Devi	17,313	10.62%	New
	JVM(P)	Sanjay Kumar	9,242	5.67%	3.63
	Independent	Sita Ram Pathak	3,989	2.45%	New
	Independent	Tarni Prasad Kamat	3,491	2.14%	New
	Independent	Bishwanath Ray	3,480	2.14%	New
	Independent	Amrendra Kumar Yadav	3,172	1.95%	New
	IUML	Mohammad Razi Ahmad	2,326	1.43%	New
	LJP	Birendra Pradhan	1,887	1.16%	New
	BSP	Sanjayanand Jha	1,837	1.13%	0.80
Margin of victory			3,099	1.90%	0.13
Turnout			1,62,951	71.77%	1.97
Registered electors			2,27,038		9.72
	INC hold		Swing	3.40

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Badal Patralekh	43,981	28.82%	13.36
	JMM	Hari Narayan Ray	41,273	27.05%	7.21
	BJP	Abhay Kant Prasad	29,965	19.64%	9.99
	JVM(P)	Devendra Kunwar	14,189	9.30%	New
	BSP	Damodar Singh	2,948	1.93%	0.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,847	1.87%	New
	RJD	Varun Kumar	2,797	1.83%	1.63
	Independent	Parmanand Ravidas	2,480	1.63%	New
	JD(U)	Chandra Shekhar Yadav	2,469	1.62%	New
	Independent	Braj Kishore Pandit	2,440	1.60%	New
	BMP	Emani Ansari	1,590	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			2,708	1.77%	7.26
Turnout			1,52,592	73.74%	8.85
Registered electors			2,06,926		15.67
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.04

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	33,512	28.87%	*New*
	JMM	Devendra Kunwar	23,025	19.83%	New
	INC	Badal Patralekh	17,955	15.47%	8.64
	BJP	Barun Kumar	11,197	9.65%	10.47
	RJD	Prabhat Kumar Singh	4,018	3.46%	4.60
	Independent	Jaydeo Mandal	3,749	3.23%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Gopal Chandra Roy	2,505	2.16%	New
	Independent	Babu Ram Murmu	1,984	1.71%	New
	BSP	Ranjit Yadav	1,666	1.44%	5.61
	Independent	Durga Prasad Lasker	1,613	1.39%	New
	Independent	Ghanshyam Mahto	1,383	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			10,487	9.03%	3.31
Turnout			1,16,091	64.89%	3.51
Registered electors			1,78,901		0.37
	Independent hold		Swing	3.03

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	28,480	25.84%	*New*
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	22,171	20.12%	3.33
	RJD	Chakradhar Yadav	8,884	8.06%	5.12
	BSP	Alamgir	7,768	7.05%	11.46
	INC	Mani Shankar	7,524	6.83%	7.70
	Independent	Hari Shankar Patralekh	6,212	5.64%	New
	LJP	Jully Yadav	3,773	3.42%	New
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Barun Kumar	2,777	2.52%	New
	Independent	Chandra Narayan Roy	2,633	2.39%	New
	Independent	Gopal Prasad Panjiyar	2,599	2.36%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	2,348	2.13%	New
Margin of victory			6,309	5.72%	0.79
Turnout			1,10,221	61.38%	4.95
Registered electors			1,79,564		15.94
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	2.40

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jarmundi^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Devendra Kunwar	24,082	23.44%	*New*
	BSP	Hari Narayan Ray	19,009	18.50%	New
	JMM	Varun Kumar	15,344	14.94%	New
	INC	Gopal Chandra Roy	14,920	14.52%	New
	RJD	Chandra Shekhar Yadav	13,537	13.18%	New
	Independent	Jawahar Prasad Singh	12,903	12.56%	New
	Independent	Ramjiwan Singh	1,067	1.04%	New
	NCP	Balram Mandal	1,019	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			5,073	4.94%
Turnout			1,02,731	67.34%
Registered electors			1,54,880
	BJP win (new seat)