- By Nidhi Giri
- Sat, 23 Nov 2024 09:34 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Jamtara Assembly Election Result 2024: Irfan Ansari of Indian National Congress (INC) has won the Jamtara seat, having polled 1,33,266 votes whereas Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's sister-in-law Sita Soren landed in the second place, bagging 89,590 votes. Voting in Jamtara took place in the second phase on November 20 and the results were announced on Saturday, November 23.
The incumbent MLA Ansari has been a popular figure in the region, winning the seat in both the 2014 and 2019 elections. He will now see a third consecutive term. Meanwhile, the Soren family has solidified its political dominance in Jharkhand, with three of its members securing victories in the recently concluded assembly elections. Hemant Soren, Kalpana Soren, and Basant Soren emerged triumphant, while Sita Soren, who contested on a BJP ticket, was the only family member to face defeat. Soren is the daughter-in-law of Shibu Soren and the wife of the late Durga Soren. She left JMM accusing the party of not providing her adequate support after the demise of Durga Soren.
The Jamtara Assembly constituency is one of the 81 constituencies in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 09 of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Jamtara is one of the 6 assembly segments of Dumka (ST) Parliament Seat. BJP and the Congress are the main parties in the constituency.
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What happened in the 2019 and 2014 Assembly Elections
In the 2019 Jamtara Assembly Election, Irfan Ansari defeated BJP candidate Birendra Mandal, who got 74,088 votes (34.87 per cent). Independent candidate Tarun Kumar Gupta stood third with 6,219 votes (2.93 per cent). The total number of valid votes polled was 2,09,420 (75.55 per cent).
In the 2014 Jamtara Assembly Election, Congress candidate Irfan Ansari won the seat. He was polled 67,486 votes with a vote share of 35.18 per cent. BJP candidate Birendra Mandal got 58,349 votes (30.42 per cent) and was the runner-up. Ansari defeated Mandal by a margin of 9137 votes (4.76 per cent). The total number of valid votes polled in this constituency was 1,87,831 (78.63 per cent). JMM candidate Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya came in third with 52,029 votes (27.12 per cent).