# Daltonganj Assembly constituency

Daltonganj is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| Bihar Legislative Assembly ||||
| 1952 | Amiya Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Umeshwari Charan | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Sachidanand Tripathy | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | Puran Chand | Sanghata Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Puran Chand | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1972 | Puran Chand | Socialist Party |
| 1977 | Puran Chand | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Inder Singh Namdhari | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1985 | Ishwar Chandra Pandey | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Inder Singh Namdhari | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1995 | Inder Singh Namdhari | Janata Dal |
| 2000 | Inder Singh Namdhari | Janata Dal (United) |
| Jharkhand Legislative Assembly ||||
| 2005 | Inder Singh Namdhari | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2009 | Krishna Nand Tripathi | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha |
| 2019 | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Daltonganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | 102,175 | 38.43% | 9.14 |
| | INC | Krishna Nand Tripathi | 1,01,285 | 38.10% | 0.40 |
| | Independent | Dilip Singh Namdhari | 21,232 | 7.99% | New |
| | ASP(KR) | Ajay Kumar Singh | 13,549 | 5.10% | New |
| | CPI | Ruchir Kumar Tiwari | 4,841 | 1.82% | New |
| | Independent | Chanardhan Singh | 3,159 | 1.19% | New |
| | JLKM | Aniket | 2,429 | 0.91% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,214 | 0.46% | 1.77 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 890 | 0.33% | 9.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,65,856 | 66.03% | 3.17 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,02,626 | | 16.10 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 9.14 | |

### Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Daltonganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | 103,698 | 47.57% | 26.14 |
| | INC | Krishna Nand Tripathi | 82,181 | 37.70% | 10.10 |
| | JVM(P) | Rahul Agrawal | 12,061 | 5.53% | 24.25 |
| | Independent | Sanjay Kumar Singh | 3,863 | 1.77% | New |
| | Independent | Santosh Kumar Sharma | 2,979 | 1.37% | New |
| | BSP | Jagannath Prasad Singh | 2,661 | 1.22% | New |
| | NCP | Vijeta Verma | 1,208 | 0.55% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 4,850 | 2.22% | 1.53 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,517 | 9.87% | 7.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,17,999 | 62.86% | 1.84 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,46,781 | | 12.87 |
| | BJP gain from JVM(P) | BJP gain from JVM(P) | Swing | 17.79 | |

### Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Daltonganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JVM(P) | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | 59,202 | 29.78% | New |
| | INC | Krishna Nand Tripathi | 54,855 | 27.59% | 2.00 |
| | BJP | Manoj Kumar Singh | 42,597 | 21.43% | 5.29 |
| | Independent | Dilip Singh Namdhari | 18,892 | 9.50% | New |
| | Independent | Azimuddin Miyan | 3,104 | 1.56% | New |
| | Independent | Amlesh Prasad | 2,031 | 1.02% | New |
| | Bharatiya Suraaj Dal | P. K. Siddharth | 1,659 | 0.83% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,378 | 0.69% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,347 | 2.19% | 0.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,98,790 | 64.70% | 9.75 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,07,237 | | 14.68 |
| | JVM(P) gain from INC | JVM(P) gain from INC | Swing | 0.18 | |

### Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Daltonganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Krishna Nand Tripathi | 43,571 | 29.60% | 18.78 |
| | BJP | Dilip Singh Namdhari | 39,338 | 26.72% | New |
| | BSP | Anil Kumar Chaurasiya | 37,380 | 25.39% | New |
| | RJD | Gyan Chand Pandey | 5,180 | 3.52% | 11.86 |
| | JMM | Satish Kumar | 4,444 | 3.02% | New |
| | AJSU | Sazid Ahmad Si. | 3,872 | 2.63% | New |
| | Independent | Fuli Singh | 2,510 | 1.71% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,233 | 2.88% | 0.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,47,212 | 54.95% | 5.01 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,67,909 | | 7.63 |
| | INC gain from JD(U) | INC gain from JD(U) | Swing | 0.81 | |

### Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Daltonganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(U) | Inder Singh Namdhari | 45,386 | 30.41% | 10.02 |
| | Independent | Anil Kumar Chaurasiya | 41,625 | 27.89% | New |
| | RJD | Gyan Chand Pandey | 22,954 | 15.38% | 9.60 |
| | INC | Krishna Nand Tripathi | 16,147 | 10.82% | 4.97 |
| | CPI | Shailendra Kumar | 2,018 | 1.35% | 2.03 |
| | Independent | Shakhi Gopal Prasad | 1,942 | 1.30% | New |
| | Samata Party | Phuli Singh | 1,930 | 1.29% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,761 | 2.52% | 12.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,251 | 59.96% | 11.08 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,48,912 | | 20.93 |
| | JD(U) hold | JD(U) hold | Swing | 10.02 | |

### Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Daltonganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(U) | Inder Singh Namdhari | 40,675 | 40.42% | New |
| | RJD | Anil Kumar Chaurasiya | 25,132 | 24.98% | New |
| | INC | Chandra Shekhar Shukla | 15,884 | 15.79% | New |
| | JMM | Sanjeev Kumar Tiwary | 4,310 | 4.28% | New |
| | SJP(R) | Shatrughan Ojha | 4,092 | 4.07% | New |
| | CPI | Shalendra Kumar | 3,404 | 3.38% | New |
| | Independent | Puranchand | 2,539 | 2.52% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,543 | 15.45% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,00,620 | 49.71% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,05,829 | | |
| | JD(U) win (new seat) | JD(U) win (new seat) | JD(U) win (new seat) | JD(U) win (new seat) | JD(U) win (new seat) |