Dhanbad Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Dhanbad Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Jharkhand and cast its vote in the 2019 election on May 12.

In Jharkhand, an estimated 65.17 percent turnout was recorded for four Lok Sabha seats.

Kirti Azad of Indian National Congress, Pashupati Nath Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhvi Singh of All India Trinamool Congress, Meghnath Rawani of Bahujan Samaj Party and Meraj Khan of Samajwadi Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Dhanbad Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand. 

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Jharkhand was held in four phases on April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The counting will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Dhanbad Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	KIRTI AZAD	Indian National Congress
2	PASHUPATI NATH SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	MADHVI SINGH	All India Trinamool Congress
4	MEGHNATH RAWANI	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	DEEPAK KUMAR DAS	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
6	MANTOSH KUMAR MANDAL	Amra Bangalee
7	MIHIR CHANDRA MAHATO	Ambedkarite Party of India
8	MERAJ KHAN	Samajwadi Party
9	RAM LAL MAHTO	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
10	SUDHIR KUMAR MAHATO	Bahujan Mukti Party
11	HEERA LAL SHANKHVAR	All India Forward Bloc
12	UMESH PASWAN	Independent
13	PREM PRAKASH PASWAN	Independent
14	BAMAPADA BAURI	Independent
15	RAJESH KUMAR SINGH	Independent
16	LAKSHMI DEVI	Independent
17	VARUN KUMAR	Independent
18	SANJAY PASWAN	Independent
19	K.C.SINGH RAJ	Independent
20	SIDDHARTH GAUTAM	Independent

Dhanbad constituency covers six assembly segments – Bokaro, Sindri, Nirsa, Dhanbad, Jharia and Chandankiyari which is reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Pashupati Nath Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – won by getting a margin of over 2.92 lakh votes. He had defeated Ajay Kumar Dubey of the Indian National Congress (INC). Singh had secured 543491 votes while Dubey got 250537 votes.