Rajmahal Assembly constituency

Rajmahal Assembly constituency is one of the 81 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.^[1] This constituency covers Rajmahal and Sahebganj Police Stations in Rajmahal sub-division of the district.^[2]

Rajmahal
Constituency No. 1 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Division	Santhal Pargana
District	Sahebganj
LS constituency	Rajmahal
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anant Kumar Ojha
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Overview

Rajmahal (constituency number 1) is one of the three Jharkhand Legislative Assembly constituencies in Sahebganj district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Borio and Barhait in this district and Litipara, Pakur and Maheshpur in Pakur district.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Bihar
1952	Md. Burhanuddin Khan		Indian National Congress
	Jetha Kisku (Rajmahal Damin constituency)
1957	Binodanand Jha
1962
1967	N. Dokanie		Swatantra Party
1969	Om Prakash Roy		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Nathmal Dokania		Indian National Congress
1977	Dhruv Bhagat		Independent
1980	Dhrub Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Dhruva Bhagat
1990	Raghu Nath Prasad Sodani		Indian National Congress
1995	Drub Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Arun Mandal
Jharkhand
2005	Thomas Hansda^[3]		Indian National Congress
2009	Arun Mandal^[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Anant Kumar Ojha^[5]^[6]
2019

Election results

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	88,904	42.26%	2.55
	AJSU	Md. Tajuddin	76,532	36.38%	New
	JMM	Ketabuddin Sekh	24,619	11.70%	27.65
	BSP	Pradip Kumar Singh	3,826	1.82%	New
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Mandal	2,617	1.24%	New
	Independent	Nitya Nand Gupta	2,614	1.24%	New
	Independent	Rajkishor Yadav	1,421	0.68%	New
	Independent	Pranjit Kumar	1,348	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			12,372	5.88%	5.52
Turnout			2,10,394	69.70%	2.58
Registered electors			3,01,867		11.82
	BJP hold		Swing	2.55

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Ojha	77,481	39.71%	2.04
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	76,779	39.35%	9.32
	Independent	Bajrangi Prasad Yadav	18,866	9.67%	New
	CPI(M)	Md. Rafikul Alam	5,478	2.81%	1.65
	RJD	Arun Mandal	5,175	2.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,268	1.16%	New
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Sinha	2,125	1.09%	New
	JVM(P)	Krishna Mahto	1,617	0.83%	New
	Independent	Binod Kumar Yadav	1,608	0.82%	New
	Shivsena	Shankar Mandal	1,565	0.80%	0.25
Margin of victory			702	0.36%	7.28
Turnout			1,95,113	72.28%	13.99
Registered electors			2,69,959		15.59
	BJP hold		Swing	2.04

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Mandal	51,277	37.67%	22.41
	JMM	Md. Tajuddin	40,874	30.03%	New
	INC	Thomas Hansda	14,782	10.86%	14.86
	AITC	Nazrul Islam	7,017	5.16%	New
	CPI(M)	Md. Moinuddin Shekh	6,065	4.46%	9.51
	LJP	Dhruv Bhagat	3,811	2.80%	1.68
	Independent	Binod Kumar Yadav	3,224	2.37%	New
	RSP	Mukhtar Hussain	2,568	1.89%	New
	AJSU	Vibhash Kumar Shah	2,030	1.49%	New
	BSP	Idrish	1,800	1.32%	New
	Shivsena	Abhimanyu Mandal	1,434	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			10,403	7.64%	0.24
Turnout			1,36,119	58.28%	4.70
Registered electors			2,33,547		3.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.95

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thomas Hansda	36,472	25.72%	5.52
	Independent	Arun Mandal	25,296	17.84%	New
	BJP	Kamal Krishna Bhagat	21,639	15.26%	14.66
	CPI(M)	Moinuddin Shekh	19,805	13.97%	New
	RJD	Ramchandra Keshri	11,254	7.94%	1.71
	NCP	Dhruv Bhagat	4,251	3.00%	4.27
	Independent	Md. Tajuddin	2,881	2.03%	New
	AJSU	Pradeep Kumar Verma	2,449	1.73%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad Gupta	2,354	1.66%	New
	Independent	Kiran Shankar Sinha	1,852	1.31%	New
	LJP	Anup Kumar Rankraj	1,583	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			11,176	7.88%	1.81
Turnout			1,41,779	62.98%	1.01
Registered electors			2,25,100		13.98
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.19

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajmahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Mandal	36,623	29.92%	New
	JMM	Najrul Islam	24,761	20.23%	New
	INC	Anil Kumar Sarkar	24,733	20.21%	New
	RJD	Dhruv Bhagat	11,804	9.64%	New
	NCP	Jayant Singh	8,900	7.27%	New
	Independent	Dara Singh Yadav	7,034	5.75%	New
	Independent	Farid Shaikh	5,224	4.27%	New
	BJC	Anukul Mishra	1,631	1.33%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Sachindra Kumar Roy	721	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			11,862	9.69%
Turnout			1,22,406	62.66%
Registered electors			1,97,497
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Rajmahal (community development block)
• Sahibganj (community development block)
• Rajmahal
• Sahibganj
• List of states of India by type of legislature
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

References

1. "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". from the original on 18 December 2019.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XIII" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 166, 174.
3. "Rajmahal Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
4. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
8. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.