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Assembly constituency 12 · Jharkhand

Jarmundi is assembly constituency number 12 in Jharkhand, in Dumka district, and one of the segments of the Godda Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Devendra Kunwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 48.7% of the vote, 17,546 votes ahead of Badal (INC).

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Jarmundi · 2024AC 12
  1. 01
    Devendra Kunwar
    BJP
    94,892
    48.73%
  2. 02
    Badal
    INC
    77,346
    39.72%
  3. 03
    Murari Kapri
    Independent
    4,635
    2.38%
  4. 04
    Mahendra Das
    Independent
    3,210
    1.65%
  5. 05
    Rajeev Kumar
    JLKM
    2,453
    1.26%
  6. 12 other candidates · 10,734 votesNOTA · 1,472 (0.76%)

Margin 17,546 votes · 9.01% of valid votes

2,71,833
Registered electors
2024 election
71.7%
Turnout
-0.4 pts vs 2019
17,546
Victory margin
9.0% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 17 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,94,742 valid votes, NOTA included.

Jarmundi 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Devendra KunwarMale · 66 yrsBJP94,892
48.73%
2BadalMale · 48 yrsINC77,346
39.72%
3Murari KapriMale · 37 yrsIndependent4,635
2.38%
4Mahendra DasMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent3,210
1.65%
5Rajeev KumarMale · 32 yrsJLKM2,453
1.26%
6Lalmohan RayMale · 52 yrsBSP1,838
0.94%
7Hanif MianMale · 64 yrsIndependent1,701
0.87%
—NOTANOTA1,472
0.76%
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8Mamta VermaFemale · 35 yrsIndependent1,317
0.68%
9Md Razi AhmadMale · 35 yrsRTPP1,070
0.55%
10Amrendra KumarMale · 46 yrsSP1,001
0.51%
11Dhiraj Kumar JhaMale · 25 yrsIndependent986
0.51%
12Dhiraj KumarMale · 25 yrsIndependent825
0.42%
13Juli YadavFemale · 49 yrsIndependent616
0.32%
14Devendra MandalMale · 29 yrsIndependent494
0.25%
15Kedar DasMale · 35 yrs · SCIndependent330
0.17%
16Dilip Kumar DubeyMale · 46 yrsIndependent281
0.14%
17Jai Narayan MandalMale · 71 yrsINSAF275
0.14%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2019, BJP in 2024.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024BJP 48.7%INC 39.7%JMM 27.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Devendra KunwarBJP · 48.7% · margin 17,546Turnout71.7%
2014BadalINC · 28.8% · margin 2,708Turnout73.7%
2009Harinarayan RayIndependent · 28.9% · margin 10,487Turnout64.9%
2019BadalINC · 32.2% · margin 3,099Turnout72.1%

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

Jarmundi result 2019

Jarmundi 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1BadalINC52,507
32.22%
2Devendra KunwarBJP49,408
30.32%
3Fulkumari DeviIndependent17,313
10.62%
4Sanjay KumarJVM9,242
5.67%
5Sita Ram PathakIndependent3,989
2.45%
6Tarni Prasad KamatIndependent3,491
2.14%
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7Bishwanath RayIndependent3,480
2.14%
8Amrendra Kumar YadavIndependent3,172
1.95%
9Mohammad Razi AhmadIUML2,326
1.43%
10Birendra PradhanLJP1,887
1.16%
11Sanjayanand JhaBSP1,837
1.13%
12Dilip Kumar DubeyIndependent1,552
0.95%
13Mahadev YadavTMC1,531
0.94%
—NOTANOTA1,449
0.89%
14Murari KapriHAMS1,343
0.82%
15Shekhar SumanIndependent1,291
0.79%
16Tikeshwar YadavSP1,018
0.62%
17Hanif MiyanIndependent975
0.60%
18Jitendra Kumar BarnwalMCO869
0.53%
19Sushila DeviIndependent692
0.42%
20Arpana KumariJD(U)669
0.41%
21Ram Jivan MandalIndependent643
0.39%
22Rajiv Ranjan MahtoIndependent526
0.32%
23Chandan Kumar VermaBALP499
0.31%
24Babita Rao PatelSAP485
0.30%
25Jay Narayan MandalJKPP467
0.29%
26Ram Prit RajakIndependent290
0.18%

Jarmundi result 2014

Jarmundi 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1BadalINC43,981
28.83%
2Hari Narayan RayJMM41,273
27.05%
3Abhay Kant PrasadBJP29,965
19.64%
4Devendra KunwarJVM14,189
9.30%
5Damodar SinghBSP2,948
1.93%
—NOTANOTA2,847
1.87%
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6Varun KumarRJD2,797
1.83%
7Parmanand RavidasIndependent2,480
1.63%
8Chandra Shekhar YadavJD(U)2,469
1.62%
9Braj Kishore PanditIndependent2,440
1.60%
10Emani AnsariBMUP1,590
1.04%
11Uma Kant RautIndependent1,570
1.03%
12Sunil Prasad VermaSP1,508
0.99%
13Lakhpati MalIndependent1,136
0.74%
14Vibhishan YadavCPI(ML)(L)772
0.51%
15Uma Kant MehraPMS608
0.40%

Jarmundi result 2009

Jarmundi 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harinarayan RayIndependent33,512
28.87%
2Devendra KunwarJMM23,025
19.84%
3BadalINC17,955
15.47%
4Barun KumarBJP11,197
9.65%
5Prabhat Kumar SinghRJD4,018
3.46%
6Jaydeo MandalIndependent3,749
3.23%
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7Gopal Chandra RayLTSD2,505
2.16%
8Babu Ram MurmuIndependent1,984
1.71%
9Ranjit YadavBSP1,666
1.44%
10Durga Prasad LaskerIndependent1,613
1.39%
11Ghanshyam MahtoIndependent1,383
1.19%
12Shreepati MandalIndependent1,270
1.09%
13Navendu SenIndependent1,268
1.09%
14Hari Narain PujharIndependent1,037
0.89%
15Bajrang Lal AgarwalIndependent941
0.81%
16Kumar Mani TuduIndependent886
0.76%
17Kutubuddin AnsariIndependent724
0.62%
18Hari Charan KhawareIndependent715
0.62%
19Prabhakar DubeyTMC683
0.59%
20Anup Kumar RankrajSAP658
0.57%
21Sahadeo Prasad YadavCPI(ML)(L)634
0.55%
22Lambodar DarbeyAJSUP624
0.54%
23Lal Mohan RayBSA624
0.54%
24Ramprit RajakIndependent549
0.47%
25Braj Kishore PanditAIFB538
0.46%
26Sanat Kumar SahaIndependent521
0.45%
27Sushila DeviIndependent431
0.37%
28Ram Fal LayakIndependent386
0.33%
29Sameer MiyaIndependent364
0.31%
30Raghu Nandan TiwaryIndependent349
0.30%
31Shankar Prasad MarikIndependent269
0.23%
Map

Jarmundi 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 Dumka 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

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

  • Nishikant DubeyBJP1,07,082 57.0%
  • Pradeep YadavINC62,684 33.4%
  • Uday Shankar KhawareIndependent5,285 2.8%
  • Arun MarikIndependent2,722 1.4%
  • Nilesh Kumar GuptaIndependent2,056 1.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 44,398 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Jarmundi assembly seat in 2024?

Devendra Kunwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Jarmundi in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 94,892 votes, which was 48.73% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Jarmundi?

The margin was 17,546 votes (9.01% of valid votes). The runner-up was Badal of the Indian National Congress with 77,346 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Jarmundi in 2024?

Turnout was 71.66%: 1,94,784 of 2,71,833 registered electors voted, across 300 polling stations. That is 0.4 points lower than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Jarmundi part of?

Jarmundi is an assembly segment of the Godda Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Nishikant Dubey got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Jarmundi a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Jarmundi?

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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