Baghmara is assembly constituency number 43 in Jharkhand, in Dhanbad district, and one of the segments of the Giridih Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Shatrughan Mahto of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 43.9% of the vote, 18,682 votes ahead of Jaleshwar Mahato (INC).
- 01Shatrughan MahtoBJP87,52943.85%
- 02Jaleshwar MahatoINC68,84734.49%
- 03Rohit YadavIndependent18,3149.17%
- 04Deepak Kumar RawaniJLKM15,6967.86%
- 05Suraj MahatoSP2,5721.29%
- 8 other candidates · 3,712 votesNOTA · 2,953 (1.48%)
Margin 18,682 votes · 9.36% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,99,623 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shatrughan MahtoMale · 53 yrs | BJP | 87,529 | 43.85% |
| 2 | Jaleshwar MahatoMale · 74 yrs | INC | 68,847 | 34.49% |
| 3 | Rohit YadavMale · 51 yrs | Independent | 18,314 | 9.17% |
| 4 | Deepak Kumar RawaniMale · 26 yrs | JLKM | 15,696 | 7.86% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,953 | 1.48% |
| 5 | Suraj MahatoMale · 40 yrs | SP | 2,572 | 1.29% |
| 6 | Vishal BalmikiMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 1,572 | 0.79% |
| 7 | Pintu Kumar GuptaMale · 39 yrs | Independent | 669 | 0.34% |
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| 8 | Rajesh KumarMale · 33 yrs | SBKP | 310 | 0.16% |
| 9 | Nijam AnsariMale · 38 yrs | Independent | 308 | 0.15% |
| 10 | Rajesh Kumar SwarnkarMale · 43 yrs | AIFB | 277 | 0.14% |
| 11 | Ainul AnsariMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 202 | 0.10% |
| 12 | Tulsi MahtoMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 202 | 0.10% |
| 13 | Sharan SinghMale · 38 yrs | ANC | 172 | 0.09% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2019.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Baghmara result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dulu Mahato | BJP | 78,291 | 43.71% |
| 2 | Jaleshwar Mahato | INC | 77,467 | 43.25% |
| 3 | Subhash Ray | JD(U) | 6,528 | 3.64% |
| 4 | Binayak Kumar Gupta | Independent | 3,527 | 1.97% |
| 5 | Santosh Kumar Mahato | JVM | 3,264 | 1.82% |
| 6 | Kanhai Singh | BSP | 2,073 | 1.16% |
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| 7 | Rajesh Kumar Swarnakar | Independent | 1,881 | 1.05% |
| 8 | Nitesh Thakkar | Independent | 1,593 | 0.89% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,491 | 0.83% |
| 9 | Pintu Kumar Gupta | Independent | 783 | 0.44% |
| 10 | Dharmendra Kumar Bhuia | HAMS | 679 | 0.38% |
| 11 | Amrendra Kumar | Independent | 364 | 0.20% |
| 12 | Santosh Kumar Dubey | AAP | 359 | 0.20% |
| 13 | Indu Devi | Independent | 306 | 0.17% |
| 14 | Kanchan Singh | Independent | 284 | 0.16% |
| 15 | Md. Mozahid | SP | 244 | 0.14% |
Baghmara result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dulu Mahato | BJP | 86,603 | 51.65% |
| 2 | Jaleshwar Mahato | JD(U) | 56,980 | 33.99% |
| 3 | Suraj Mahato | JMM | 8,053 | 4.80% |
| 4 | Sitaram Bhuia | JVM | 2,670 | 1.59% |
| 5 | Sanjeev Kumar Mahato | CPI | 1,804 | 1.08% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,781 | 1.06% |
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| 6 | Abdul Jabbar Ansari | MCO | 1,724 | 1.03% |
| 7 | Shankar Beldar | SP | 1,421 | 0.85% |
| 8 | Guhiram Rajwar | Independent | 1,310 | 0.78% |
| 9 | Kanhai Singh | JKP | 1,305 | 0.78% |
| 10 | Jeetan Kumar Jha | BSP | 1,253 | 0.75% |
| 11 | Chandan Kumar Srivastava | SUCI | 806 | 0.48% |
| 12 | Usha Kumari | JPS | 749 | 0.45% |
| 13 | Baldeo Verma | CPI(ML)(L) | 742 | 0.44% |
| 14 | Ritesh Kumar Agarwal | JKPP | 461 | 0.27% |
Baghmara result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dulu Mahato | JVM | 56,026 | 40.44% |
| 2 | Jaleshwar Mahato | JD(U) | 36,066 | 26.03% |
| 3 | Om Prakash Lal | INC | 27,889 | 20.13% |
| 4 | Akshay Lal Chouhan | JMM | 7,077 | 5.11% |
| 5 | Gourchand Bauri | Independent | 3,128 | 2.26% |
| 6 | Vikram Prasad Yadav | RJD | 1,583 | 1.14% |
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| 7 | Ritesh Kumar Agrawal | Independent | 1,218 | 0.88% |
| 8 | Kamlesh Pathak | BSP | 1,145 | 0.83% |
| 9 | Manik Chandra Das | Independent | 887 | 0.64% |
| 10 | Naresh Kumar Das | Independent | 832 | 0.60% |
| 11 | Yogendra Prasad Singh | Independent | 756 | 0.55% |
| 12 | Hanjla Bin Haque | AIFB | 734 | 0.53% |
| 13 | Umesh Rishi | Independent | 667 | 0.48% |
| 14 | Misbahuddin Ansari | PECP | 538 | 0.39% |
Baghmara outlined in orange among the other Jharkhand seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Dhanbad district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Baghmara is one of the assembly segments of Giridih. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Giridih candidates.
- Chandra Prakash ChoudharyAJSUP81,597 42.9%
- Mathura Prasad MahatoJMM51,140 26.9%
- Jairam Kumar MahatoIndependent46,272 24.3%
- Kamal PrasadBSP2,005 1.1%
- Subodh Kumar YadavIndependent1,317 0.7%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, AJSUP led here by 30,457 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Baghmara.
Who won the Baghmara assembly seat in 2024?
Shatrughan Mahto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Baghmara in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 87,529 votes, which was 43.85% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Baghmara?
The margin was 18,682 votes (9.36% of valid votes). The runner-up was Jaleshwar Mahato of the Indian National Congress with 68,847 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Baghmara in 2024?
Turnout was 67.47%: 1,99,685 of 2,95,972 registered electors voted, across 355 polling stations. That is 4.6 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Baghmara part of?
Baghmara is an assembly segment of the Giridih Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Chandra Prakash Choudhary got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Baghmara a reserved constituency?
No. Baghmara is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Baghmara?
The Jharkhand assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Jharkhand assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Dhanbad population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, DhanbadEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Jharkhand state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Jharkhand Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Jharkhand districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, JharkhandBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in JharkhandCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
- Urban local bodies in JharkhandMunicipal corporations, councils, wards