Contesting Candidates for 2024 Jamtara Assembly Election
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BJP |
Sita Soren |
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Congress |
Irfan Ansari |
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Located in the Santhal region of the mineral rich state of Jharkhand, Jamtara is currently held by Irfan Ansari wo retained the sear Jamtara assembly seat in 2019 on the ticket of Congress. He had also won the seat in 2014.
His father Furqan Ansari had emerged victorious from Jamtara assembly constituency in 1995 and 2000.
Jamtara is one of the six assembly constituencies that unite to form the Dumka parliamentary constituency which is currently held by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Nalin Soren who defeated Sita Soren by a margin of 22,527 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Sarath, Sikaripara, Nala, Dumka and Jama are the other five assembly segments in the Dumka Lok Sabha constituency.