DUMKA
Assembly seat no. 160 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.
Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called DUMKA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 11 results.
Winner, 2000
STEPHEN MARANDI
JMM
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
JMM
won 4 of 10
Margin, 2000
11,222
11.86% of valid votes
Result, 2000
Runner-up
BJPSATISH SOREN
- Votes
- 31,788
- Vote share
- 33.59%
- Behind by
- 11,222
Electors
1,70,567
Total votes polled
94,647
Valid votes
94,647
NOTA votes
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Turnout
55.5%
Full result, 2000
8 candidates · 94,647 valid votes
STEPHEN MARANDIJMMwon
43,010
45.4%
SATISH SORENBJP
31,788
33.6%
RAMESH HEMBROMINC
15,755
16.6%
MASI CHARAN HANSDACPI
2,406
2.5%
VIJAY KUMAR SONIRJD
1,067
1.1%
SILAS BASKEYAMB
439
0.5%
MATU MURMUIND
132
0.1%
SONA MURMUIND
50
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | STEPHEN MARANDI | JMM | 43,010 | 45.44% | SATISH SOREN | 11,222 |
| 1995 | STEFAN MARANDI | JMMS | 34,512 | 34.43% | SATISH SOREN | 5,887 |
| 1990 | STEPHEN MARANDI | JMM | 31,608 | 48.00% | SINGHRAJ HANSDA | 12,669 |
| 1985 | STEPHAN MARANDI | JMM | 22,813 | 42.29% | STANSHILA HEMBROM | 1,238 |
| 1980 | STEPHAN MARANDI | JMM | 20,170 | 45.25% | STENSHILA HEMBROM | 5,193 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
