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Jama
Constituency No. 11 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
LS constituency	Dumka
Established	2000
Total electors	2,05,913
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Louis Marandi
Party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Elected year	2024

Jama Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Overview

Jama Assembly constituency covers: Jama and Ramgarh Police Stations in Dumka district.

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

Jama Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Jama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Louis Marandi	76,424	46.89%	4.46
	BJP	Suresh Murmu	70,686	43.37%	2.63
	Independent	Rasik Murmu	2,811	1.72%	New
	Independent	Polina Murmu	2,067	1.27%	New
	CPI(M)	Sanatan Dehri	1,677	1.03%	New
	Independent	Rajeev Basky	1,481	0.91%	New
	BSP	Shailendra Hembram	956	0.59%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	679	0.42%	0.75
Margin of victory			5,738	3.52%	1.83
Turnout			1,62,973	72.40%	2.66
Registered electors			2,25,112		9.32
	JMM hold		Swing	4.46

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Jama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sita Soren	60,925	42.43%	2.63
	BJP	Suresh Murmu	58,499	40.74%	2.66
	JVM(P)	Arjun Marandi	5,897	4.11%	2.82
	Independent	Bonel Kisku	4,152	2.89%	New
	AJSU	Steffy Teresa Murmu	3,351	2.33%	New
	Independent	Manuel Murmu	2,509	1.75%	New
	Independent	Barish Murmu	1,330	0.93%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,671	1.16%	0.17
Margin of victory			2,426	1.69%	0.03
Turnout			1,43,591	69.73%	1.74
Registered electors			2,05,913		10.01
	JMM hold		Swing	2.63

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Jama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sita Soren	53,250	39.80%	0.47
	BJP	Suresh Murmu	50,944	38.08%	11.71
	JVM(P)	Sukh Lal Soren	9,263	6.92%	New
	Independent	Bhola Nath Grihi	3,688	2.76%	New
	INC	Marshal Marandi	2,320	1.73%	11.48
	Independent	Bonel Kisku	2,170	1.62%	New
	Independent	Raska Soren	1,637	1.22%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,786	1.33%	New
Margin of victory			2,306	1.72%	11.24
Turnout			1,33,785	71.48%	11.32
Registered electors			1,87,170		14.88
	JMM hold		Swing	0.47

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Jama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sita Soren	38,550	39.33%	0.05
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Singh	25,844	26.37%	19.87
	INC	Sushil Marandi	12,948	13.21%	New
	RJD	Vijaya Pahan	2,323	2.37%	2.09
	Independent	Paneshal Tudu	1,886	1.92%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Lukhi Ram Tudu	1,572	1.60%	New
	AITC	English Marandi	1,424	1.45%	New
Margin of victory			12,706	12.96%	6.01
Turnout			98,013	60.16%	2.75
Registered electors			1,62,923		1.86
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	6.91

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Jama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Soren	44,073	46.24%	16.30
	JMM	Durga Soren	37,443	39.29%	9.67
	RJD	Manoj Kumar Singh	4,254	4.46%	New
	BSP	Sumanti Manjhi	2,410	2.53%	New
	Independent	Sona Murmu	2,061	2.16%	New
	Independent	Siril Soren	1,421	1.49%	New
	Independent	Kaleshwar Soren	896	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			6,630	6.96%	12.05
Turnout			95,308	57.41%	0.66
Registered electors			1,66,017		12.04
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	2.71

Assembly Election 2000

See also

• Jama
• Ramgarh
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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5. Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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• Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand
• Politics of Jharkhand
• Dumka district
• Constituencies established in 2000
• 2000 establishments in Jharkhand