Bihar’s Dumraon assembly constituency elected Ajeet Kumar Singh of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) in the 2020 election. He secured 40.76% of the votes, thus, defeating his nearest rival Anjum Ara of Janata Dal (United).
The Dumraon constituency is currently represented by Dadan Singh of Janata Dal-United [JD(U)] who defeated Ram Bihari Singh of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) by 30,339 votes, in the 2015 election. The Dumraon seat has been held by JD(U) since 2010, as Dr. Daud Ali before Dadan Singh used to hold the constituency.
Dumraon is one of the 243 constituencies of Bihar assembly which falls under the Buxar seat of Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament. From 1951 to 1985, the seat, at one time or another, went to the Indian National Congress (INC) and other parties such as the Communist Party of India. However, since 1990, the Congress has never won the seat back. A total of 2,71,708 eligible voters populate the Dumraon assembly constituency. There are 1,45,938 male and 1,25,765 female voters in Dumraon.
The constituency is composed of Dumraon, Chaugain, Kesath and Nawanagar community development blocks and comprises Chilhari, Kushalpur, Bhojpur Kadim, Bhojpur Jadid, Chhatanwar, Nuaon, Sowan, Ariaon, Nandan, Lakhan Dihra & Dumraon (M) gram panchayats.
Here are a few details about the Dumraon assembly seat:
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Dumraon, Buxar
Lok Sabha constituency: Buxar
Polling Date: October 28, 2020
2020 candidates: Ajeet Kumar Singh (CPI(ML)(L)), Anjum Ara (JD(U))
Sitting MLA, party: Dadan Singh, JD(U)
2015 candidates: Dadan Singh of JD(U), Ram Bihari Singh of RLSP, Sushila Devi of CPI(ML)(L)
Winning margin in 2015: 30,339
Runner up name, Party: Ram Bihari Singh, RLSP
Number of voters in 2015:169,257
Percentage of votes polled in 2015: 57.28%
Number of women voters in 2015: 77,449
Number of polling booths in 2015: 293