About Hazaribagh Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
A town in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, Hazaribagh had a population of 290,098 as per 2011 India census. The assembly constituency of Hazaribagh falls under Hazaribagh parliamentary constituency. The seat has been occupied by INC since 2005. Saurabh Narayan Singh won the 2009 assembly elections for the second consecutive time. He defeated Deo Dayal of BJP. Singh bagged 66514 votes as against Dayal's 57227 votes. The word Hazaribagh is a combination of two words, Hazar means one thousand and Bagh means garden. Thus it is a 'city of a thousand gardens'.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Hazaribagh Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Hazaribagh assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2014 | 25 | Hazaribagh | GEN | Manish Jaiswal | M | BJP | 89675 | Pradip Prasad | M | IND | 62546 |
| 2009 | 25 | Hazaribagh | GEN | Saurabh Narayan Singh | M | INC | 66514 | Deo Dayal | M | BJP | 57227 |
| 2005 | 25 | Hazaribagh | GEN | Saurabh Narayan Singh | M | INC | 39431 | Braj Kishor Jaiswal | M | IND | 36366 |