Constituency
72. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-DUMKA
JMM 61.0%won by 27.0%INC 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 27.0%.
- JMM vote shareJMM went from 27.7% to 61.0% of the vote here (+33.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 81.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 46.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,69,933
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
4,05,964
Margin
1,09,601
27.00%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JMM- 1SHIBU SOHANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,47,50261.0%
- 2PRITHWI CHANDKISHUIndian National Congress · INC1,37,90134.0%
- 3JONA VIKRAM BASRAIndependent · IND6,1941.5%
- 4BUDHU MOHLIIndependent · IND3,0110.7%
- 5GANDURA MUNDADDP · DDP2,9720.7%
- 6ADWARD MARANDIHJD · HJD2,9210.7%
- 7SHIBBU MURMUPHJ · PHJ2,8900.7%
- 8KISHTU MARANDIIndependent · IND2,5730.6%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JMMflipped
- JMM–INC swing
- +53.2%
- JMM share
- 27.7% → 61.0%
- INC share
- 53.9% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- 52.3% → 46.7%