Bhushan Tirkey of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won the Gumla Vidhan Sabha constituency. Tirkey defeated his nearest rival Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Mishir Kujur by a margin of 7,667. Tirkey received 67,130, while the BJP candidate got 59,537 votes. Over 3,000 people voted for NOTA.