Pakur is an assembly constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Jharkhand Assembly elections, the voter turnout in the Pakur Assembly Constituency was recorded at 75.63 percent. Pakur falls under the Pakur district of Jharkhand.


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The key candidates contesting from the Pakur constituency in 2024 included Azhar Islam (AJSUP) and Nishant Alam (INC), along with several independent candidates.



In the 2019 assembly elections, Alamgir Alam of the Indian National Congress won the seat, defeating Veni Prasad Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 65,108 votes.



8.01 am: Counting Begins


8.58 am: As we await the initial result trends from the Pakur constituency, let’s take a look at the candidates contesting in this election. Alamgir Alam, the INC candidate, won this seat in the 2019 elections.


9.46 am:  Here's a look out who's constesting this time around:

Nisat Alam (INC), Aquil Akhtar (SP), Shambhu Nandan Kumar (SHS), Md Asraf Ali (AVP), Azhar Islam (AJSUP), Haji Muhammed Tanweer Alam Ansari (AIMIM), Sk Saifuddin (CPM), Dibendu Kumar Mandal (LOKHAP), Umar Ansari (NPSM), Md Hanjela Shaikh (SDPI), Sanjay Kalindi (SUCI), Aanand Turi (Independent), Asraful Shekh (Independent), Pradip Kumar Rajak (Independent), Md Hanif (Independent), Mukesh Kumar Shukla (Independent).


10.14 am: In the 2019 Assembly election, Alamgir Alam from the INC triumphed over Veni Prasad Gupta of the BJP.


11.02 am: The voter turnout for the 2024 Pakur elections was 75.63%.


11. 35 am: Vote counting has started in Jharkhand's Pakur. Early trends indicate that Nisat Alam from the INC is in the lead, followed by Sanjay Kalindi from the SUCI in second place.


12.10 pm: Congress candidate Nisat Alam is leading from the Pakur seat by 17505 votes against AJSU candidate Azhar Islam. Nisat has got 41589 votes while Azhar polled 24084 votes. 


1.30pm: INC candidate Nisat Alam is currently in the lead in Pakur with 65281 votes. AJSUP candidate Azhar Islam is in the second position with 34140 votes.


2.11 pm: SP Candidate Aquil Akhtar is ranked third.


3.31 pm: Nisat Alam of INC Wins