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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| image =
| caption =
| Existence = 1952
| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| CurrentMP = [[Sunil Soren]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
| State = [[Jharkhand]]
| SuccessfulParty =[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] (8 times)
|Reservation= ST
| AssemblyConstituencies =[[Sikaripara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikaripara]] [[Nala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nala]] [[Jamtara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamtara]] [[Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dumka]] [[Jama (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jama]] [[Sarath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarath]]
}}

'''Dumka Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 14 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Jharkhand]] state in eastern [[India]].

This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Adivasi|Scheduled tribes]]. This constituency covers the entire [[Jamtara district]] and parts of [[Dumka district|Dumka]] and [[Deoghar district|Deoghar]] districts.

==Assembly segments==
Dumka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html |title=Parliamentary Constituency |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226080317/http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html |archivedate=2012-02-26 }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="250px"|District
|-
|7
|[[Sikaripara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikaripara]]
|ST
|[[Dumka district|Dumka]]
|-
|8
|[[Nala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nala]]
|None
|[[Jamtara district|Jamtara]]
|-
|9
|[[Jamtara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamtara]]
|None
|[[Jamtara district|Jamtara]]
|-
|10
|[[Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
|ST
|[[Dumka district|Dumka]]
|-
|11
|[[Jama (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jama]]
|ST
|[[Dumka district|Dumka]]
|-
|14
|[[Sarath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarath]]
|None
|[[Deoghar district|Deoghar]]
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{|class ="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Name
!colspan=2| Party
|-
| colspan="4" |'''[[As Purnea-Santhal seat]]'''
|-
|1952
|[[Paul Jujhar Soren]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| colspan="4" |'''[[As Dumka Lok Sabha constituency]]'''
|-
|1957
|[[Debi Soren]]
|
|[[Jharkhand Party]]
|-
|1962
| rowspan="3" |[[S. C. Besra]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1967
|-
|1971
|-
|1977
|[[Hembram Bateshwar]]
|bgcolor=#0000FF|
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|1980
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|bgcolor=#8A0000|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|-
|1984
|[[Prithvi Chand Kisku]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1989
|[[Shibu Soren]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#8A0000" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|-
|1991
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|-
|1996
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|-
|1998
|[[Babu Lal Marandi]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9900" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|1999
|[[Babu Lal Marandi]]
|-
|2002 (By poll)
|[[Shibu Soren]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#8A0000" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|-
|2004
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|-
|2009
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|-
|2014
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|-
|2019
|[[Sunil Soren]]
|bgcolor=#FF9900|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Dumka]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Sunil Soren]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 4,84,923
|percentage = 47.26
|change = +14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shibu Soren]]
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = 4,37,333
|percentage = 42.63
|change = +5.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Senapati Murmu
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 16,157
|percentage = 1.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Arjun Pujhar
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 14,804
|percentage = 1.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 14,396
|percentage = 1.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 47,590
|percentage = 4.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,25,981
|percentage = 73.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|swing =}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Dumka]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shibu Soren]]
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = 3,35,815
|percentage = 37.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Sunil Soren]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 2,96,785
|percentage =32.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Babulal Marandi]]
|party =Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
|votes = 1,58,122
|percentage =17.51
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =Chhaya Kole
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 26,442
|percentage = 2.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes =18,325
|percentage = 2.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 39,030
|percentage = 4.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =9,03,062
|percentage = 70.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|swing =}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*
* [https://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS272.htm?ac=2 Dumka Constituency Election Result]

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand]]

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