Ranchi, December 23: Babulal Marandi of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) has won the Dhanwar Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Jharkhand. The polling in Dhanwar assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held on December 12, 2019. The Dhanwar seat falls in the Giridih district of Jharkhand. The counting of votes and results of Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 will be announced on December 23. The sitting MLA in the Dhanwar constituency is Raj Kumar Yadaw of CPI(M)(L). This time the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) had given its ticket to Nizamuddin Ansari. Phase-Wise List of Seats Going to Polls in Jharkhand.

The major political parties in the Assembly Elections in Jharkhand were Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) and the alliance between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These three parties have come together to take on the BJP in the ensuing elections for the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. While BJP plans to go solo this time, the JMM will contest 43 seats, Congress wil contest on 31 seats and RJD will contest on 7.

In Jharkhand, the five-phase elections were held between November 30 to December 20. The first phase of election in the state had taken place on November 30. The voting for the third phase on December 12, the fourth phase on December 16, and the fifth and last phase on December 20.

In the 2014 Assembly polls in Jharkhand, the BJP had won the elections by defeating Congress and its major allies RJD, Janata Dal (United), and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Ever since Jharkhand was formed, it was the first time in 2014, that a single-party (BJP) formed a majority in the state assembly. The BJP had won in 43 seats out of 81 seats, 2 more that required majority.

2019 dhanwar Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
CHHATRADHARI VISHWAKARMAIND979
BABULAL MARANDI (Current MLA)JVM52352
LAKSHMAN PRASAD SINGHBJP34802
TARKESHWAR GOPEIND2960
RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGHIND2676
DINESH KUMAR DASBSP2440
ANUP KUMAR SONTHALIAIND22624
MANOJ KUMARIND2050
BAIJU MARANDIIND1912
NIJAMUDDIN ANSARIJMM14432
RAMESHWAR PRASAD YADAVIND1276
MOHAMMAD DANISHAll India Majlis-E-Ittehadul MuslimeenNA
RAJ KUMAR YADAVCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)NA
VIRENDRA KUMAR YADAVSamajwadi PartyNA

2014 dhanwar Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Raj Kumar Yadaw (Current MLA)CPI(M)(L)50634
Babulal MarandiJVMP39922

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