Jhajha Assembly constituency

Jhajha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Jamui district of Bihar, India. It comes under Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1][2]

Jhajha Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 242 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Lok Sabha constituency	Jamui
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Damodar Rawat
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Chandrashekhar Singh		Indian National Congress
1957	Bhagwat Murmu
	Chandrashekhar Singh
1962	Shri Krishna Singh		Socialist Party
1967	Shiv Nandan Jha		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Chandrashekhar Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Shiv Nandan Jha		Samyukta Socialist Party
1977			Janata Party
1980	Shiv Nandan Yadav		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1986^	Ravindra Yadav
1990	Shiv Nandan Jha		Janata Dal
1995	Ravindra Yadav		Indian National Congress
2000	Damodar Rawat		Samata Party
2005			Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015	Ravindra Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2020	Damodar Rawat		Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jhajha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Damodar Rawat	76,972	39.55
	RJD	Rajendra Prasad	75,293	38.69
	BSP	Binod Pd. Yadav	13,479	6.93
	LJP	Ravindra Yadav	11,762	6.04
	NOTA	None of the above	6,278	3.23
		Rest of the candidates	~10,500	5.80
Majority			1,679
Turnout			1,94,638	61.59
	JD(U) gain from BJP		Swing