Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Indian parliament in Jharkhand}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Dhanbad
{{Small|JH-7}}

| type = LS

| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Jharkhand/Dhanbad.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency

| established = 1952

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| mp = Dulu Mahato

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = Jharkhand

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = Dhullu Mahato.jpg

| assembly_cons = Bokaro
Chandankiyari
Sindri
Nirsa
Dhanbad
Jharia

}}

Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers parts of Bokaro and Dhanbad districts.

Assembly segments

Presently, Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:{{cite web|url=http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html|title=Parliamentary Constituency|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226080317/http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html|archivedate=2012-02-26}}

class="wikitable"

!#

!Name

!District

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

! colspan="2" |2024 Lead

36

|Bokaro

| rowspan="2" |Bokaro

|Shwettaa Singh

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

37

|Chandankiyari (SC)

|Umakant Rajak

|style="background-color: {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}" |

|JMM

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

38

|Sindri

| rowspan="4" |Dhanbad

|Chandradeo Mahato

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation}}" |

|CPI(ML)L

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

39

|Nirsa

|Arup Chatterjee

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation}}" |

|CPI(ML)L

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

40

|Dhanbad

|Raj Sinha

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

41

|Jharia

|Ragini Singh

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
Year

! Name

!colspan="2" |Party

1952

| rowspan="2" |P. C. Bose

| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress

1957
1962

|P. R. Chakravarti

1967

|Rani Lalita Rajya Laxmi

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

1971

|Ram Narain Sharma

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

1977

| rowspan="2" |A. K. Roy

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Marxist Coordination Committee

1980
1984

|Shankar Dayal Singh

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

1989

|A. K. Roy

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

1991

| rowspan="4" |Rita Verma

| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| rowspan="4" |Bharatiya Janata Party

1996
1998
1999
2004

|Chandra Shekhar Dubey

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

2009

| rowspan="3" |Pashupati Nath Singh

| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| rowspan="5" |Bharatiya Janata Party

2014
2019
2024Dulu Mahato

Election result

=2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Dhanbad}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Dulu Mahato|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=7,89,172|percentage=55.26|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Anupama Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=4,57,789|percentage=32.04|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Eklak Ansari|party=Independent|votes=79,653|percentage=5.58|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 7,354

|percentage = 0.51

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority||votes= 3,31,583|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=62.06|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Dhanbad}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Pashupati Nath Singh

|votes = 8,27,234

|percentage = 66.03

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Kirti Azad

|votes = 3,41,040

|percentage = 27.22

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Madhvi Singh

|votes = 8,235

|percentage = 0.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 4,345

|percentage = 0.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,86,194

|percentage = 38.81

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,53,265

|percentage = 60.47

|change = -0.07

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Dhanbad}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Pashupati Nath Singh

|votes = 5,43,491

|percentage = 47.51

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Ajay Kumar Dubey

|votes = 2,50,537

|percentage = 21.90

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Marxist Co-ordination Committee

|candidate = Anand Mahato

|votes = 1,10,185

|percentage = 9.63

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

|candidate = Samresh Singh

|votes = 90,926

|percentage = 7.95

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Chandra Shekhar Dubey

|votes = 29,937

|percentage = 2.62

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All Jharkhand Students Union

|candidate = Hemlata S. Mohan

|votes = 21,277

|percentage = 1.81

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 7,675

|percentage = 0.67

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,92,954

|percentage = 25.61

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 11,43,945

|percentage = 60.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2009=

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Dhanbad}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Pashupati Nath Singh

|votes = 2,60,521

|percentage = 31.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate =Chandrashekhar Dubey

|votes = 2,02,474

|percentage =24.86

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate =Samaresh Singh

|votes = 1,32,445

|percentage = 16.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Marxist Co-ordination Committee

|candidate = A. K. Roy

|votes = 85,457

|percentage = 10.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 58,047

|percentage =7.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =8,14,208

|percentage =45.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser=Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

Notes

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