Dumri mounting seat
Voting took place in 81 seats of Jharkhand. The results will be in front of you within a few hours. We have also seen in exit polls that there is a close race in the state. In such a situation, the results and trends of each seat will be exciting. Voting was held on November 20 in the second phase in the 6 seats of Giridih district. One of these 6 seats is – Dumri. The election results here can be seen concentrated mainly around AJSU and JMM.
JMM had chosen Baby Devi as its candidate in these elections. While the Bharatiya Janata Party had left this seat to its ally AJSU. Yashoda Devi was competing from AJSU here. JMM’s Jagarnath Mahato was elected MLA from this seat in the 2019 elections. But Mahato could not complete his term. By-elections were held here in 2023. Baby Devi contested on JMM ticket and managed to defeat Yashoda Devi of AJSU. The same contest was ahead again.
Electoral history after 2000
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has been in possession of the Dumri assembly seat in Giridih district for a long time. Last time, in 2000, Lal Chand Mahato of Janata Dal was elected MLA from here. Subsequently, in the assembly elections of 2005, 2009, 2014 and 2019, Jagarnath Mahato of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won the legislative elections. However, Mahato could not complete his 2019 term. In such a situation, a by-election was held for this seat in 2023.
Baby Devi was here representing Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in the by-elections 2023. She was contesting against AJSU’s Yashoda Devi. Baby Devi got a total of 1 lakh votes while Yashoda Devi got around 83 thousand votes. Thus, Baby Devi won these by-elections by a margin of about 17,000 votes. NOTA came in the third position in this election, while AIMIM’s Abdul Mobin Rizvi came in the fourth position. In this election the candidates for 2023 faced each other.
