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Assembly constituency 9 · Jharkhand

Jamtara is assembly constituency number 9 in Jharkhand, in Jamtara district, and one of the segments of the Dumka Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Irfan Ansari of the Indian National Congress won with 54.6% of the vote, 43,676 votes ahead of Sita Murmu (BJP).

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Jamtara · 2024AC 9
  1. 01
    Irfan Ansari
    INC
    1,33,266
    54.62%
  2. 02
    Sita Murmu
    BJP
    89,590
    36.72%
  3. 03
    Tarun Ku. Gupta
    JLKM
    5,151
    2.11%
  4. 04
    Lakhan Lal Mandal
    CPI(M)
    3,553
    1.46%
  5. 05
    Sujit Das
    Independent
    2,487
    1.02%
  6. 8 other candidates · 7,113 votesNOTA · 2,849 (1.17%)

Margin 43,676 votes · 17.90% of valid votes

3,21,605
Registered electors
2024 election
75.9%
Turnout
-0.8 pts vs 2019
43,676
Victory margin
17.9% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,44,009 valid votes, NOTA included.

Jamtara 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Irfan AnsariMale · 49 yrsINC1,33,266
54.62%
2Sita MurmuFemale · 50 yrsBJP89,590
36.72%
3Tarun Ku. GuptaMale · 57 yrsJLKM5,151
2.11%
4Lakhan Lal MandalMale · 65 yrsCPI(M)3,553
1.46%
—NOTANOTA2,849
1.17%
5Sujit DasMale · 53 yrsIndependent2,487
1.02%
6Arif AnsariMale · 52 yrsBSP1,812
0.74%
7Riyaz AhmadMale · 46 yrsIndependent1,414
0.58%
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8Satrughan PanditMale · 52 yrsIndependent1,086
0.45%
9Ahmad HussainMale · 50 yrsJKPP838
0.34%
10Akbar AnsariMale · 28 yrsIndependent668
0.27%
11Mukesh MurmuMale · 30 yrs · STIndependent540
0.22%
12Kuldip YadavMale · 61 yrsHNDPPD468
0.19%
13Baleshwar MandalMale · 35 yrsNCP287
0.12%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2019.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024INC 54.6%BJP 36.7%JLKM 2.1%JMM 27.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Irfan AnsariINC · 54.6% · margin 43,676Turnout75.9%
2014Irfan AnsariINC · 35.2% · margin 9,137Turnout78.6%
2009Bishnu Prasad BhaiyaJMM · 46.6% · margin 12,843Turnout62.2%
2019Irfan AnsariINC · 53.1% · margin 38,741Turnout76.7%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Jamtara result 2019

Jamtara 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Irfan AnsariINC1,12,829
53.11%
2Birendra MandalBJP74,088
34.87%
3Tarun Kumar GuptaIndependent6,219
2.93%
4Chameli DeviAJSUP4,780
2.25%
5Sanjay PahanIndependent3,407
1.60%
—NOTANOTA3,031
1.43%
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6Abdul Mannan AnsariJVM1,646
0.77%
7Md. Anwar AnsariIndependent1,549
0.73%
8Jivlal MarandiIndependent1,537
0.72%
9Ehtesamul MirzaSP983
0.46%
10Arif AnsariBSP870
0.41%
11Sunita HansdaRTMP629
0.30%
12Md. MustakLOKJANP448
0.21%
13Baleshwar MandalLJP435
0.20%

Jamtara result 2014

Jamtara 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Irfan AnsariINC67,486
35.18%
2Birendra MandalBJP58,349
30.42%
3Bishnu Prasad BhaiyaJMM52,029
27.12%
—NOTANOTA3,996
2.08%
4Sukhdev RayBSP2,293
1.20%
5Rakesh Kumar LalIndependent1,867
0.97%
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6Nandgopal SinghTMC1,321
0.69%
7Md. MustakIndependent1,128
0.59%
8Munna MistryIndependent927
0.48%
9Anand Lal MarandiJKKP649
0.34%
10Manbharan PanditAIFB513
0.27%
11Md. Reyazul HaqueSAP504
0.26%
12Md. Nazrul AlamIndependent411
0.21%
13Kamal YadavMCO354
0.18%

Jamtara result 2009

Jamtara 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bishnu Prasad BhaiyaJMM62,795
46.60%
2Furkan AnsariINC49,952
37.07%
3Baby SarkarBJP9,228
6.85%
4Saryu Pd. MandalRJD2,580
1.91%
5Lakhindar MurmuIndependent1,827
1.36%
6Anwar HussenBSP1,552
1.15%
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7Buddha Deb MarandiIndependent1,494
1.11%
8Jasimuddin KhanIndependent1,131
0.84%
9Mohan Lal MandalTMC1,108
0.82%
10Dubraj MandalSP781
0.58%
11Riyaz AhmdAJSUP752
0.56%
12Pranab Kumar MondalIndependent670
0.50%
13Arun MandalAIFB491
0.36%
14Jagannath PanditJKKP380
0.28%
Map

Jamtara 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 Jamtara district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

JMMBJPINCRJDCPI(ML)(L)AJSUPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Jamtara is one of the assembly segments of Dumka. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Dumka candidates.

  • Nalin SorenJMM1,26,013 54.0%
  • Sita MurmuBJP90,859 38.9%
  • Mahashon MurmuIndependent3,604 1.5%
  • Babylata TuduIndependent3,138 1.3%
  • Dr. Srilal KiskuIndependent1,735 0.7%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JMM led here by 35,154 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Jamtara.

Who won the Jamtara assembly seat in 2024?

Irfan Ansari of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Jamtara in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,33,266 votes, which was 54.62% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Jamtara?

The margin was 43,676 votes (17.90% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sita Murmu of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 89,590 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Jamtara in 2024?

Turnout was 75.89%: 2,44,057 of 3,21,605 registered electors voted, across 367 polling stations. That is 0.8 points lower than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Jamtara part of?

Jamtara is an assembly segment of the Dumka Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Nalin Soren got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Jamtara a reserved constituency?

No. Jamtara is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Jamtara?

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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