Dhanbad, Jharkhand — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Dhanbad (Jharkhand) was won by Pashupati Nath Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 486,194 votes over Kirti Azad. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, from 2004 to 2019.

Full Election History, 2004–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
2004	Chandra Shekhar Dubey	Indian National Congress	355,499	37.8%	Rita Verma (Bharatiya Janata Party)	119,378 (12.7 pts)
2009	Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	260,521	32.0%	Chandrashekhar Dubey (Indian National Congress)	58,047 (7.1 pts)
2014	Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	543,491	47.5%	Ajay Kumar Dubey (Indian National Congress)	292,954 (25.6 pts)
2019	Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	827,234	66.3%	Kirti Azad (Indian National Congress)	486,194 (38.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandra Shekhar Dubey	Indian National Congress	355,499	37.8%
Rita Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party	236,121	25.1%
A. K. Roy	MCO	147,470	15.7%
Samresh Singh	Independent	106,234	11.3%
Dina Bandhu Singh	SLP(L)	18,628	2.0%
Dilip Bauri	Independent	11,588	1.2%
Pyare Lal Mahato	Independent	8,720	0.9%
Shankar Kumar Mukherjee	Independent	8,140	0.9%
Jagdish Kewat	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,712	0.8%
Sunil Bauri	Independent	7,670	0.8%
Swapan Mukherjee	CPI (ML) Liberation	7,497	0.8%
Satyanarayan Jha	Independent	7,047	0.7%
Md. Yunus Ansari	LJP	4,342	0.5%
Shakuntala Mishra	Shiv Sena	4,042	0.4%
Teklal Mahato	Independent	2,460	0.3%
C. P. Pandey	Independent	2,338	0.2%
Miloni Madi	Independent	2,090	0.2%
Ishwar Lal Mahato	Independent	2,019	0.2%
Munsi Hembram	Independent	1,861	0.2%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	260,521	32.0%
Chandrashekhar Dubey	Indian National Congress	202,474	24.9%
Samaresh Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party	132,445	16.3%
A.K. Roy	MCO	85,457	10.5%
Virendra Pradhan	LJP	26,028	3.2%
Phul Chand Mandal	JVM	23,474	2.9%
Haffizuddin Ansari	Samajwadi Party	16,187	2.0%
Abdul Mustafa	Independent	8,472	1.0%
Videshi Mahato	JVD	7,237	0.9%
Janardan Pandey	AIFB	5,291	0.7%
Indu Singh	SAP	4,469	0.5%
Sushil Kumar Singh	Independent	3,925	0.5%
Din Bandhu Singh	SLP(L)	3,396	0.4%
M.K.Mandal	AMB	3,206	0.4%
Kartik Mahato	Independent	2,980	0.4%
Bama Pada Bauri	Independent	2,601	0.3%
Sadhusharan Gope	Independent	2,546	0.3%
Md. Sultan	JKP	2,347	0.3%
Manoj Gandhi	Independent	2,281	0.3%
Pawan Kumar Jha	Janata Dal (Secular)	1,999	0.2%
Sunil Kumar	IJP	1,934	0.2%
Jairam Singh	Independent	1,868	0.2%
Jai Prakash Singh	Independent	1,861	0.2%
Shankar Rawani	Independent	1,733	0.2%
Ravi Ranjan Sinha	Independent	1,525	0.2%
Manoj Pandey	Independent	1,486	0.2%
Phul Chand Mahato	Independent	1,220	0.1%
Salim Khan	Independent	1,087	0.1%
Manilal Mahato	Independent	945	0.1%
Jitendra Kumar Singh	Independent	908	0.1%
Madhusudan Rajhans	Independent	836	0.1%
Munsi Hembram	Independent	744	0.1%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	543,491	47.5%
Ajay Kumar Dubey	Indian National Congress	250,537	21.9%
Anand Mahato	MCO	110,185	9.6%
Samaresh Singh	JVM(P)	90,926	7.9%
Chandra Shekhar Dubey	All India Trinamool Congress	29,937	2.6%
Hemlata S. Mohan	AJSUP	21,277	1.9%
Dr. Krishna Chandra Singhraj	Independent	13,200	1.2%
Rama Kant Verma	Aam Aadmi Party	8,948	0.8%
Hiralal Sankhwar	Janata Party	8,580	0.8%
Madan Mohan Ram	Bahujan Samaj Party	8,455	0.7%
None Of The Above	Independent	7,675	0.7%
Ganpat Mahto	Independent	5,441	0.5%
Kishor Kumar Murmu	BMP	4,531	0.4%
Aklu Ram Mahto	Samajwadi Party	4,169	0.4%
Ritu Rani Singh	Independent	3,814	0.3%
Mantosh Kumar Mandal	AB	3,413	0.3%
Ahmad Hussain Ansari	JDP	3,120	0.3%
Md. Zubair	AIMF	3,094	0.3%
Gautam Kumar Mahato	Independent	3,000	0.3%
Jayant Pandey	AIFB	2,518	0.2%
Suman Banerjee	Independent	2,104	0.2%
Ramesh Bharati	Independent	2,052	0.2%
Manilal Mahto	Independent	1,888	0.2%
Vijay Kant Mishra	Independent	1,537	0.1%
Ranbir Singh	Independent	1,516	0.1%
Munshi Hembram	Independent	1,486	0.1%
Binod Singh	Independent	1,457	0.1%
Parshuram Paswan	Independent	1,359	0.1%
Prem Prakash Paswan	Independent	1,226	0.1%
Tarch Murmu	Independent	1,190	0.1%
Ramesh Kumar Ray	Independent	965	0.1%
Pawan Mahato	Independent	811	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pashupati Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	827,234	66.3%
Kirti Azad	Indian National Congress	341,040	27.3%
Rajesh Kumar Singh	Independent	11,110	0.9%
Lakshmi Devi	Independent	10,876	0.9%
Siddharth Gautam	Independent	9,492	0.8%
Madhvi Singh	All India Trinamool Congress	8,235	0.7%
Sudhir Kumar Mahato	BMP	7,495	0.6%
Meghnath Rawani	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,241	0.3%
Bamapada Bauri	Independent	4,135	0.3%
Varun Kumar	Independent	4,026	0.3%
Sanjay Paswan	Independent	3,762	0.3%
Mihir Chandra Mahato	API	3,004	0.2%
Deepak Kumar Das	PPI(D)	2,194	0.2%
Prem Prakash Paswan	Independent	2,117	0.2%
Umesh Paswan	Independent	1,967	0.2%
Ram Lal Mahto	SUCI(C)	1,741	0.1%
Heera Lal Shankhavar	AIFB	1,684	0.1%
Mantosh Kumar Mandal	AB	1,635	0.1%
Meraj Khan	Samajwadi Party	1,453	0.1%
K.C.Singh Raj	Independent	1,030	0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Dhanbad has been contested at 4 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 2004. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Dhanbad in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Pashupati Nath Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Dhanbad, Jharkhand, in 2019 with 827,234 votes (66.3%), a margin of 486,194 votes over Kirti Azad.

Which parties have won Dhanbad since 2004?

Since 2004, Dhanbad has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Dhanbad?

The closest result on record for Dhanbad was 2009, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 58,047 votes (7.1 percentage points).