Dhanwar Assembly constituency

Dhanwar
Constituency No. 28 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
LS constituency	Kodarma
Established	2000
Total electors	3,07,716
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Babulal Marandi 1st Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Raj Kumar Yadav   CPI(ML)L

Dhanwar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Dhanwar constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
1952	Punit Rai		Indian National Congress
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
1962	Gopal Rabidas		Swatantra Party
1967	Punit Rai		Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar		Janata Party
1980	Tilakdhari Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1985	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990			Indian National Congress
1995	Guru Sahay Mahto		Janata Dal
2000	Ravindra Kumar Rai		Bharatiya Janata Party

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Year	Name	Party
2005	Ravindra Kumar Rai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Nizamuddin Ansari		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2014	Raj Kumar Yadav		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2019	Babulal Marandi		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2024			Bhartiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhait

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Babulal Marandi	106,296	45.35	27.02
	JMM	Nizamuddin Ansari	70,858	30.23	New
	CPI(ML)L	Raj Kumar Yadav	32,187	13.73	3.26
Margin of victory
Turnout
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Babulal Marandi	52,352	27.58%	4.98
	BJP	Lakshman Prasad Singh	34,802	18.33%	0.41
	CPI(ML)L	Raj Kumar Yadav	32,245	16.99%	11.67
	Independent	Anup Kumar Sonthalia	22,624	11.92%	New
	AIMIM	Mohammad Danish	15,416	8.12%	New
	JMM	Nijamuddin Ansari	14,432	7.60%	New
	Independent	Tarkeshwar Gope	2,960	1.56%	New
	Independent	Ravindra Kumar Singh	2,676	1.41%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,485	1.31%	1.31
	BSP	Dinesh Kumar Das	2,440	1.29%	New
	Independent	Manoj Kumar	2,050	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			17,550	9.24%	3.18
Turnout			1,89,838	61.69%	1.95
Registered electors			3,07,716		10.84
	JVM(P) gain from CPI(ML)L		Swing	1.08

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(ML)L	Raj Kumar Yadav	50,634	28.66%	2.52
	JVM(P)	Babulal Marandi	39,922	22.59%	11.99
	BJP	Lakshman Prasad Singh	31,659	17.92%	0.81
	Independent	Mohammad Safik Ansari	28,701	16.24%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,628	2.62%	New
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Uday Kumar Sinha	4,143	2.34%	New
	INC	Upender Shingh	3,989	2.26%	New
	Independent	Bandhan Ravidas	2,489	1.41%	New
	RJD	Manoj Kumar	2,269	1.28%	New
	SP	Manoj Yadav	2,194	1.24%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Ram	2,038	1.15%	New
Margin of victory			10,712	6.06%	2.65
Turnout			1,76,689	63.64%	2.09
Registered electors			2,77,622		17.28
	CPI(ML)L gain from JVM(P)		Swing	5.93

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Nizamuddin Ansari	50,392	34.59%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Raj Kumar Yadav	45,419	31.17%	3.80
	BJP	Ravindra Kumar Ray	27,290	18.73%	10.98
	JMM	Arjun Marandi	6,986	4.79%	22.39
	BSP	Nejamaudin	3,867	2.65%	0.80
	Independent	Rameshwar Prasad Yadav	3,486	2.39%	New
	LJP	Manoj Yadav	2,502	1.72%	1.92
	Independent	Om Prakash Ravidas	2,427	1.67%	New
	Independent	Baladev Ravidas	1,688	1.16%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Deochand Prasad Yadav	1,646	1.13%	New
Margin of victory			4,973	3.41%	1.07
Turnout			1,45,703	61.55%	1.56
Registered electors			2,36,726		4.78
	JVM(P) gain from BJP		Swing	4.88

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dhanwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ravindra Kumar Ray	42,357	29.71%	4.11
	CPI(ML)L	Raj Kumar Yadav	39,023	27.37%	3.90
	JMM	Nizamuddin Ansari	38,754	27.18%	6.58
	LJP	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar	5,192	3.64%	New
	RJD	Bhagwat Prasad Yadav	3,441	2.41%	16.29
	SP	Ram Kumar Raut	2,941	2.06%	1.33
	BSP	Videshi Paswan	2,646	1.86%	New
	Independent	Sahdeo Das	2,419	1.70%	New
	Independent	Arjun Narayan Deo	1,635	1.15%	New
	Independent	Saryu Prasad Rai	1,404	0.98%	New
	Independent	Mantu Kumar Pankaj	1,050	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			3,334	2.34%	0.21
Turnout			1,42,584	63.11%	3.77
Registered electors			2,25,924		13.29
	BJP hold		Swing	4.11

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhanwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ravindra Kumar Ray	34,145	25.60%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Raj Kumar Yadav	31,304	23.47%	New
	JMM	Nijamuddin Ansari	27,480	20.60%	New
	RJD	Guru Sahay Mahto	24,950	18.71%	New
	INC	Arbind Choudhary	4,916	3.69%	New
	SP	Dayanand Kr. Sao	4,519	3.39%	New
	NCP	Umesh Yadav	3,343	2.51%	New
	Bhartiya Jana Congress (Rashtriya)	Anand Kr. Pandey	1,237	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			2,841	2.13%
Turnout			1,33,372	68.13%
Registered electors			1,99,417
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

• Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India [1]