Jamshedpur East election results 2024: BJP's Purnima Sahu wins against Congress's Ajoy Kumar

NEW DELHI: BJP's Purnima Sahu won in Jamshedpur East assembly constituency against Indian National Congress's Ajoy Kumar.

Purnima Sahu defeated Congress's Ajoy Kumar by 42,871 votes. She got a total number of 1,07,191 votes while Ajoy received only 64,320 votes.

Jamshedpur East assembly constituency is one of the key constituencies that form part of the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Known as the industrial capital of Jharkhand, Jamshedpur is home to Tata Steel, the largest industrial entity in the region.

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Additionally, Jojobera in Jamshedpur hosts Asia's largest cement grinding unit, Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited. The city serves as an industrial hub and features its own township, commonly referred to as Telco.

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Due to its rich cinema culture, Jamshedpur is often called 'Mini Mumbai'. In the 2019 assembly elections, independent candidate Saryu Roy won the Jamshedpur East seat with 73,945 votes, while BJP’s Raghubar Das secured 58,112 votes and Congress’s Gaurav Vallabh garnered 18,976 votes.

In the 2014 assembly elections, Raghubar Das of the BJP won with 103,427 votes, followed by Congress’s Anand Bihari Dubey with 33,270 votes and JVM(P)’s Abhay Singh, who received 20,815 votes.

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