Sunil Soren of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been elected winner from the Dumka Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand, as per the final results declared by the Election Commission. The seat went to polls on May 12, in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results: Check Tally of BJP, Congress, Other Parties.

According to data by Election Commission of India (ECI), the total number of voters in this constituency is 1,167,993. Out of these 593,964 number of electorates are males and the remaining 574,029 are females. In the run up to Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the BJP had fielded Sunil Soren from the Dumka seat. Shibu Soren  of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is the current MP and JMM candidate from the Dumka  constituency. Jharkhand Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency Wise Dates Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Dumka Constituency:

Issue of Notification April 22
Last date for filing nomination April 29
Scrutiny of nomination April 30
Last date for withdrawal of candidature May 2
Date of Poll May 19
Date of Result May 23

Watch: Details of Lok Sabha Polls Phase VII

List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On May 19 In Phase VII:

State (No. of seats voting in this phase) Constituencies
Bihar (8) Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Kurakat, Jahanabad
Jharkhand (3) Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda
Madhya Pradesh (8) Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa
Punjab (13) Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala
West Bengal (9) Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar
Chandigarh (1) Chandigarh
Uttar Pradesh (13) Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushi Nagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj
Himachal Pradesh (4) Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Shimla

Voting in Jharkhand will be held in four phases. The constituencies of Rajmahal, Dumka and Godda would go to polls in the seventh phase for which voting will be held on May 19. The voting in the state will be held in the 4th phase, 5th phase, 6th phase and 7th phases of the Lok Sabha elections. Three seats will be contested on April 29; four constituencies on May 6; four Lok Sabha segments on May 12; and three seats on May 19. The results will be declared on May 23.

In the Lok Sabha Elections 2014, Shibu Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had won the Rajmahal seat by defeating Sunil Soren of the BJP.  Shibu had won the seat by 335,815 votes.

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