Jharia Assembly constituency explained

Jharia
Type:	SLA
State:	Jharkhand
District:	Dhanbad
Loksabha Cons:	Dhanbad
Constituency No:	41
Established:	2000
Reservation:	None
Mla:	Purnima Niraj Singh
Party:	Indian National Congress
Latest Election Year:	2019

Jharia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^{[1] [2]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Jharia constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
	S. R. Prasad
	Sheo Kumar Rai
1980
1985
	Abo Devi
	Bachcha Singh

2000 - present

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

Election	Member	Party
2009
	Sanjeev Singh
2024	Ragini Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly election 2000

See also

• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Dhanbad district

References

23.742°N 86.413°W

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 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf . 5 October 2010 . 13 October 2021 .