LIVE Updates | Dhanbad Election Results 2024: BJP's Raj Sinha Wins With 136336 Votes

Jharkhand Election Results 2024: BJP's Raj Sinha won with a voting margin of 48741 votes against Indian National Congress's Ajay Kumar Dubey.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's Raj Sinha won with total votes 136336. Sinha won with a voting margin of 48741 votes against Indian National Congress's Ajay Kumar Dubey.

Dhanbad Assembly seat is one of the 6 assembly seats in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Jharkhand's ruling alliance comprising the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and CPI-ML, stormed into power, thereby claiming stakes to form the second consecutive government.

This is for the first time in the state's political history that the incumbent government is retaining power for the second term because no government has ever been re-elected in the state.

A total of 18 candidates were in the fray for the Dhanbad Assembly seat including several independents. Some of the key candidates being-- Ajay Kumar Dubey (Indian National Congress), Anabari Khatoon (Bahujan Samaj Party), Raj Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party), Krishna Chandra Singh Raj (Samata Party), Guddu Kumar Dhari (Peoples Party Of India (Democratic)}, Md. Murtuza Alam (Lokhit Adhikar Party), Satyendra Kumar Mahto (Nationalist Congress Party), Sapan Kumar Modak (Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari), Akhileshwer Mahato @ Arjun Mahto (Independent),  Umesh Paswan (Independent).

Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024 recorded a voter turnout of 67.74 percent, the highest since the formation of the state in 2000. The polling was held in two phases -- 43 seats on November 13, and 38 seats on November 20.

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8.01 am: Counting Begins

8.30 am: State's Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar says, "One counting centre each has been set up in all 24 districts... All preparations have been made. The process has begun...Counting of postal ballots will begin at 8 am and EVM counting will begin at 8.30 am. The results of the first round will be declared by 9.30 am

9.02 am: BJP ahead with 27 seats, JMM with 25 seats in early trends

9.19 am: BJP ahead with 35 seats, JMM with 30 seats in early trends

9.20: BJP's Raj Sinha ahead with 6184 votes

RAJ SINHA of Bharatiya Janata Party wins with 136336 votes, defeating INC's Ajay Kumar Dubey