Jamtara Assembly constituency explained

Jamtara
Type:	SLA
State:	Jharkhand
Established:	2000
Electors:	2,77,191
Mla:	Irfan Ansari
Constituency No:	9
Latest Election Year:	2024
District:	Jamtara
Loksabha Cons:	Dumka
Reservation:	None

Jamtara is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]

Overview

Jamtara Assembly constituency covers: Jamtara Police Station (excluding Karmatanr, Sahajpur, Pindari, Lakhanpur, Rataniya, Rampurbhitra and Kajra gram panchayats) and Narayanpur Police Station in Jamtara district.^[2]

Jamtara Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
	Shatrughan Besra
1957
	Kali Prasad Singh
	Shatrughan Besra
	Kali Prasad Singh
	Durga Prasad Singh
1977
	Arun Kumar Bose
1990
1995
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Bishnu Prased Bhaiya^[3]	^[4]
2009★	Shibu Soren^[5]
	Irfan Ansari^[6]
2019^[7]
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2024

Majority=43,676|swing=INC hold|Winner=Indian National Congress

Assembly election 2000

See also

• Jamtara block
• Narayanpur block
• List of states of India by type of legislature

Notes and References

1. Web site: AC & PC List- Jharkhand . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191218152343/http://164.100.150.3/ceoweb_bk/ACPCList.htm . 18 December 2019.
2. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Election Commission of India. 26 January 2016 .
3. Web site: Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005 . . 13 October 2021.
4. Web site: Jamtara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand. Elections.in . 26 January 2016.
5. Web site: Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009 . . 13 October 2021.
6. Web site: Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014 . . 13 October 2021.
7. Web site: Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019 . . 13 October 2021.