Dhanbad Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result Highlights: The Dhanbad parliamentary elections were held on May 25, 2024, with a voter turnout of 62.06 percent. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Dulu Mahto won from Jharkhand’s Dhanbad seat by a margin of 3,31,583 votes defeating his nearest rival Congress’ Anupama Singh. While Mahato won 7,89,172 votes and Singh polled 4,57,589 votes.
Dhanbad Lok Sabha Constituency Results: Dulu Mahto from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins, Anupama Singh from the Indian National Congress (INC) loses.
At 05:48 PM, Dulu Mahato of Bharatiya Janata Party is leading from Dhanbad. He has received 492319 votes.
In 2009, 2014, and 2019, the BJP fielded Pashupati Nath Singh and he won all. In 2019, the BJP secured more than 65% of the votes polled, and won by more than 4,00,000 votes. This was despite the Congress fielding a famous cricketer, Kirti Azad, who was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 World Cup ODI. In fact, in the last three elections, the BJP’s vote percentage has more than doubled from just over 30% in 2009.
Dhanbad, situated within one of Jharkhand's 24 districts, holds the distinction of being India's coal capital with its array of 112 coal mines. Boasting a population of 2,684,487 according to the 2011 census, the city also serves as a hub for large-scale industries, reflecting a literacy rate of 75.71%. Established in 1956, the Lok Sabha constituency is predominantly urban, with urban voters constituting 62% and rural voters 38% of the electorate.
Noteworthy demographics include a sizable Scheduled Castes population (16%), Scheduled Tribes (8%), and migrants from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal. The constituency encompasses six Assembly seats, one of which is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Pashupati Nath Singh of the BJP clinched victory, overcoming challenges from Congress's Kirti Azad and Trinamool Congress's Madhavi Singh. Similarly, Singh secured his seat amidst the Modi wave in 2014, defeating Congress's Ajay Kumar Dubey.
Anupama Singh, aged 38, is contesting in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Dhanbad constituency, representing the Indian National Congress (INC). She has completed her education up to the 12th grade and has no criminal cases against her. Financially, Anupama Singh has a total net worth of Rs 8.4 crore, which includes Rs 3.3 crore in movable assets and Rs 5.1 crore in immovable assets. She also has liabilities amounting to Rs 8.7 crore. Professionally, Anupama Singh is engaged in business.
Dulu Mahato is a prominent politician from Jharkhand, India, known for his tenure representing the Baghmara Vidhan Sabha constituency. He initially served as an MLA from 2009 to 2014 under the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), securing a victory with a margin of 19,960 votes. From 2014 to 2019, he continued to represent the constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), winning by a margin of 29,623 votes in the 2014 assembly elections. In the 2019 elections, he contested again on a BJP ticket, winning with a narrow margin of 824 votes.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Dulu Mahato is leading from the Dhanbad constituency in Jharkhand. He has so far bagged 38580 votes, while Indian National Congress’ Anupama Singh is trailing with 23578 votes. The margin is over 15002 votes, as per Election Commission of India data as of 11:13 AM.
Indian National Congress’ Anupama Singh is leading from the Dhanbad constituency in Jharkhand. She has so far bagged 7043 votes, while Bharatiya Janata Party’s Dulu Mahato is trailing with 6685 votes. The margin is over 358 votes, as per Election Commission of India data as of 10:34 AM.
In the Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency, there were 22,54,445 registered voters for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. In the 2019 elections, the number of registered voters was 20,72,634, while in 2014, it was 18,90,021. In the 2009 elections, the total number of electors was 18,06,475.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Pashupati Nath Singh of the BJP had a vote share of 66.01% in this constituency. In 2014, he secured a vote share of 47.51%, and in the 2009 elections, his vote share was 31.99% in Dhanbad.
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The candidates contesting in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from this seat are Anupama Singh of the Indian National Congress (INC), Dulu Mahato of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mohan Singh of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Akbar Ali of the Akhil Bhartiya Parivar Party (ABPP), Krishna Chandra Singh Raj of the Samata Party (SAMP), Deepak Kumar Das of the Peoples Party of India (Democratic) (PPID), Perwez Neyyar of the Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASPKR), Rajib Tiwari of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCOIC), Rezaul Haque of the Lokhit Adhikar Party (LAP), Sanjay Kumar Giri of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM), and independents Md Eklak Ansari, Umesh Paswan, Kamashevar Pra Verma, Jagdish Rawani, Janak Sah Gond, Md Zahiruddin Khan, Tulsi Mahto, Tridev Kr Mahto, Nitai Dutta, Prem Prakash Paswan, Mohammad Tafazul Hussain, Mohammad Faishal Khan, Lakshmi Devi, Sunaina Kinnar, and Anindita Das.
Of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand, the ruling BJP is contesting 13, leaving one for its NDA ally, AJSU. The BJP faces a formidable alliance between Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) under the INDIA bloc. As per their seat-sharing agreement, Congress is contesting seven seats, JMM five seats, and one seat each has been allotted to CPI(ML) and RJD.
In the 2019 General Elections, Dhanbad witnessed a fiercely contested battle with a voter turnout of 60.37 percent. BJP candidate Pashupati Nath Singh won the 2019 election with a substantial margin of 4,86,194 votes, securing 8,27,234 votes. He defeated Kirti Azad of the INC, who received 3,41,040 votes.
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Dhanbad, a Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand, is known as the coal capital of India with its 112 coal mines. The city, which also hosts large-scale industries, had a population of 2,684,487 according to the 2011 census, and a literacy rate of 75.71%. Formed in 1956, the constituency is predominantly urban, with 62% urban and 38% rural voters. It has a notable population of Scheduled Castes (16%) and Scheduled Tribes (8%), along with migrants from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal. The constituency encompasses six Assembly seats, one of which is reserved for Scheduled Castes.