Deoghar (Jharkhand) Assembly Constituency Election Update

About Deoghar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Located in Deoghar district, the assembly constituency of Deoghar belongs to Godda Lok Sabha constituency. The word Deoghar means the abode of gods and goddesses. Occupied by JD(U) in 2005, the seat was taken over by RJD in 2009 assembly elections. Suresh Paswan of RJD won the 2009 assembly elections. He defeated his nearest rival Baldeo Das of JVM. Paswan secured 49602 votes as against Das' 31862 votes. Having a population of 346,089, as per 2011 India census, the constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes.

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Sitting and previous MLAs from Deoghar Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Deoghar assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	15	Deoghar	(SC)	Narayan Das	M	BJP	92022	Suresh Paswan	M	RJD	46870
2009	15	Deoghar	(SC)	Suresh Paswan	M	RJD	49602	Baldeo Das	M	JVM	31862
2005	15	Deoghar	(SC)	Kameshwar Nath Das	M	JD(U)	43065	Suresh Paswan	M	RJD	33442