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

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Dumka
Assembly constituency
Dumka Location in Jharkhand
Coordinates: 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Constituency No.	10
Type	Reserved for ST
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka

Overview

Dumka Assembly constituency covers: Dumka Town, Dumka Muffassil and Masalia Police Stations in Dumka district[1]

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.[1]

Dumka Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	2005	Stephen Marandi	Independent
	2009	Hemant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	2014	Lois Marandi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2019	Hemant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	2020	Basant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Bye-election, 2020: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Basant Soren	80,559	48.79
	BJP	Lois Marandi	73,717	44.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,665	2.22
	IND.	Sunita Murmu	1,864	1.13
Margin of victory			6,842	4.14
Turnout			1,65,267	65.85
	JMM hold		Swing

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Hemant Soren	81,007	48.86
	BJP	Lois Marandi	67,819	40.91
	JVM(P)	Anjula Murmu	3,156	1.9
	JD(U)	Marshal Rishiraj Tudu	2,409	1.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,267	1.37
Margin of victory			13,188	7.95
Turnout			1,65,820	67.14
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lois Marandi	69,760	44.65
	JMM	Hemant Soren	64,846	41.50
	JVM(P)	Bablu Kumar Murmu	4,552	2.91
	INC	Sagen Murmu	3,594	2.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,200	2.05
Margin of victory			4,914	3.15
Turnout			1,56,239	69.24
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing

See also

• Dumka (community development block)
• Masalia
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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