Dhanbad is assembly constituency number 40 in Jharkhand, in Dhanbad district, and one of the segments of the Dhanbad Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Raj Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 53.9% of the vote, 48,741 votes ahead of Ajay Kumar Dubey (INC).
- 01Raj SinhaBJP1,36,33653.90%
- 02Ajay Kumar DubeyINC87,59534.63%
- 03Sapan Kumar ModakJLKM16,6646.59%
- 04Rubina NazIndependent1,4770.58%
- 05Anabari KhatoonBSP1,2480.49%
- 13 other candidates · 7,905 votesNOTA · 1,735 (0.69%)
Margin 48,741 votes · 19.27% of valid votes
All 18 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,52,960 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj SinhaMale · 62 yrs | BJP | 1,36,336 | 53.90% |
| 2 | Ajay Kumar DubeyMale · 63 yrs | INC | 87,595 | 34.63% |
| 3 | Sapan Kumar ModakMale · 46 yrs | JLKM | 16,664 | 6.59% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,735 | 0.69% |
| 4 | Rubina NazFemale · 26 yrs | Independent | 1,477 | 0.58% |
| 5 | Anabari KhatoonFemale · 41 yrs | BSP | 1,248 | 0.49% |
| 6 | Kumar KaushalMale · 54 yrs | Independent | 1,110 | 0.44% |
| 7 | Krishna Chandra Singh RajMale · 72 yrs | SAP | 1,049 | 0.41% |
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| 8 | Janak Sah GondMale · 62 yrs · ST | Independent | 971 | 0.38% |
| 9 | Lakshmi DeviFemale · 45 yrs · SC | Independent | 860 | 0.34% |
| 10 | Guddu Kumar DhariMale · 43 yrs | PPID | 810 | 0.32% |
| 11 | Kailash Kumar BauriMale · 30 yrs · SC | Independent | 584 | 0.23% |
| 12 | Ram Binay SinghMale · 68 yrs | Independent | 479 | 0.19% |
| 13 | Md. Murtuza AlamMale · 50 yrs | LKHAP | 453 | 0.18% |
| 14 | Kunal KumarMale · 35 yrs | Independent | 427 | 0.17% |
| 15 | Akhileshwer Mahato @ Arjun MahtoMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 393 | 0.16% |
| 16 | Satyendra Kumar MahtoMale · 51 yrs | NCP | 278 | 0.11% |
| 17 | Vishal BalmikiMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 252 | 0.10% |
| 18 | Umesh PaswanMale · 60 yrs | Independent | 239 | 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.
Dhanbad result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Sinha | BJP | 1,20,773 | 52.31% |
| 2 | Mannan Mallick | INC | 90,144 | 39.04% |
| 3 | Ranjeet Singh Alias Bablu Singh | Independent | 2,852 | 1.24% |
| 4 | Vikash Ranjan | LJP | 2,426 | 1.05% |
| 5 | Vipin Kumar | JD(U) | 1,759 | 0.76% |
| 6 | Pradip Mohan Sahay | AJSUP | 1,724 | 0.75% |
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| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,630 | 0.71% |
| 7 | Saroj Kumar Singh | JVM | 1,458 | 0.63% |
| 8 | Ram Janma Prasad | BSP | 1,145 | 0.50% |
| 9 | Rahul Kumar Paswan | CPI(ML)(L) | 972 | 0.42% |
| 10 | Umesh Paswan | Independent | 927 | 0.40% |
| 11 | Lakshmi Devi | Independent | 831 | 0.36% |
| 12 | Raj Kumar Soni | AAP | 670 | 0.29% |
| 13 | Meghnath Rawani | Independent | 660 | 0.29% |
| 14 | Biru Anand Singh | MCO | 531 | 0.23% |
| 15 | Manilal Mahto | JMM(U) | 457 | 0.20% |
| 16 | Ram Vinay Singh | HAMS | 390 | 0.17% |
| 17 | K.C. Singh Raj | Independent | 330 | 0.14% |
| 18 | Meraj Khan | SP | 308 | 0.13% |
| 19 | Binod Chandrawanshi | PPID | 244 | 0.11% |
| 20 | Surendra Kumar | Independent | 234 | 0.10% |
| 21 | Mohammad Faisal Khan | BDlP | 223 | 0.10% |
| 22 | Sanjay Paswan | Independent | 205 | 0.09% |
Dhanbad result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Sinha | BJP | 1,32,091 | 58.17% |
| 2 | Mannan Mallick | INC | 79,094 | 34.83% |
| 3 | Ramesh Kumar Rahi | JVM | 4,195 | 1.85% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,521 | 1.11% |
| 4 | Bhupendra Kumar | JMM | 2,070 | 0.91% |
| 5 | Pawan Mahato | MCO | 1,429 | 0.63% |
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| 6 | Triveni Das | BSP | 1,371 | 0.60% |
| 7 | Biru Anand Singh | Independent | 1,138 | 0.50% |
| 8 | Dr. K.C. Singhraj | Independent | 932 | 0.41% |
| 9 | Dina Nath Singh | Independent | 675 | 0.30% |
| 10 | Prem Prakash Paswan | Independent | 571 | 0.25% |
| 11 | Shashi Kant Chaturvedi | JKP | 548 | 0.24% |
| 12 | Priya Vikas Ranjan | BMUP | 441 | 0.19% |
Dhanbad result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manan Mallick | INC | 55,641 | 35.03% |
| 2 | Raj Kumar Sinha | BJP | 54,751 | 34.47% |
| 3 | Niraj Singh | Independent | 17,801 | 11.21% |
| 4 | Sadanand Mahato Alias Mantu Mahato | Independent | 9,090 | 5.72% |
| 5 | Awadh Kishore Sahay | JMM | 5,157 | 3.25% |
| 6 | Belal Khan | LJP | 3,001 | 1.89% |
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| 7 | Ajay Narayan Lall | MCO | 2,602 | 1.64% |
| 8 | Kumar Kaushal | BSP | 2,363 | 1.49% |
| 9 | Jugal Kishor Ritolia | Independent | 1,269 | 0.80% |
| 10 | Dinesh Singh | AJSUP | 1,043 | 0.66% |
| 11 | Kailash Prasad Choudhary | Independent | 818 | 0.51% |
| 12 | Rupesh Paswan | Independent | 660 | 0.42% |
| 13 | Santosh Vikral | TMC | 581 | 0.37% |
| 14 | Kiran Hembram | CPI(ML)(L) | 564 | 0.36% |
| 15 | Hamida Khatoon | BSA | 478 | 0.30% |
| 16 | Vijay Kumar Sinha | Independent | 391 | 0.25% |
| 17 | Sanjiv Kumar Sinha | Independent | 378 | 0.24% |
| 18 | Rupesh Kumar Mukherjee | Independent | 371 | 0.23% |
| 19 | Santosh Agrawal | JKM | 366 | 0.23% |
| 20 | Chandrika Prasad | JD(S) | 352 | 0.22% |
| 21 | Suraj Kumar Singh | Independent | 345 | 0.22% |
| 22 | Guhiram Rajwar | Independent | 332 | 0.21% |
| 23 | Subhash Chandra Chourasia | Independent | 255 | 0.16% |
| 24 | Ramesh Kumar Yadav | NLHP | 242 | 0.15% |
Dhanbad 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.
Dhanbad is one of the assembly segments of Dhanbad. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Dhanbad candidates.
- Dulu MahatoBJP1,51,379 59.3%
- Anupama SinghINC89,412 35.0%
- Md. Eklak AnsariIndependent5,034 2.0%
- Jagdish RawaniIndependent2,128 0.8%
- Janak Sah GondIndependent1,344 0.5%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 61,967 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Dhanbad.
Who won the Dhanbad assembly seat in 2024?
Raj Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Dhanbad in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,36,336 votes, which was 53.90% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Dhanbad?
The margin was 48,741 votes (19.27% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ajay Kumar Dubey of the Indian National Congress with 87,595 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Dhanbad in 2024?
Turnout was 54.02%: 2,53,117 of 4,68,605 registered electors voted, across 458 polling stations. That is 0.4 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dhanbad part of?
Dhanbad is an assembly segment of the Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dulu Mahato got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Dhanbad a reserved constituency?
No. Dhanbad is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Dhanbad?
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)
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