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

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Dumka 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 19.

In Jharkhand, over 70.54 per cent of the total 45,64,681 voters exercised their franchise.

Arjun Pujhar of All India Trinamool Congress, Shibu Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Sunil Soren of Bharatiya Janata Party, Senapati Murmu of Communist Party of India and Stephan Besra of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Dumka 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 Dumka Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	ARJUN PUJHAR	All India Trinamool Congress
2	SHIBU SOREN	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
3	SUNIL SOREN	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	SENAPATI MURMU	Communist Party of India
5	STEPHAN BESRA	Bahujan Samaj Party
6	SATISH SOREN	Jharkhand People's Party
7	THAKUROON SOREN	Independent
8	PROBINA MURMU	Independent
9	BAGHRAI SOREN	Independent
10	MOHRIL MURMU	Independent
11	RAMESH TUDU	Independent
12	RASKA SOREN	Independent
13	RAJESH BESRA	Independent
14	DR. SHRILAL KISKU	Independent
15	SAMUEL TUDU	Independent

Dumka constituency covers six assembly segments – Sikaripara, Nala, Jamtara, Sarath, Dumka and Jama. Of these Sikaripara, Dumka and Jama are reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Shibu Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) – won by getting a margin of over 39 thousand votes. He had defeated Sunil Soren of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Shibu Soren had secured 335815 votes while Sunil Soren got 296785 votes.