Live : Mandar Assembly Election 2019

Mandar Assembly seat is a part of Gumla-Singhbhum region in Jharkhand.

100 per cent population in Mandar is rural.

In this assembly seat, 1.96 per cent population belong to scheduled castes (SC), and 59.65 per cent populace belong to scheduled tribes (ST).

The assembly election for Mandar seat was held in the second phase, on December 7, 2019.

The counting of votes will be held on December 23, 2019.

The sitting MLA from Mandar seat is Gangotri Kujur who was elected to the legislative assembly on a ticket from BJP. He received 54,200 votes. His closest opponent was Bandhu Tirkey, who fought the election on a ticket from AITC and received 46,595 votes.

In 2009 Jharkhand Assembly Elections, Bandhu Tirkey was elected for a second term from Mandar seat on a ticket from JHJAM. He received 58,924 votes. His closest opponent was Deo Kumar Dhan who had fought on a ticket from Congress and received 28,953 votes.

For the 2019 Assembly Elections in Jharkhand, BJP has fielded Deo Kumar Dhan, AJSUP has fielded Hemlata Oraon, and Congress has fielded Sunny Toppo. There are total 13 candidates contesting elections from the Mandar assembly seat.