Tue Oct 15 13:22:17 UTC 2024: ## Dumri Assembly Seat Election 2024: Voting on November 20, Counting on November 23

The Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024 have been announced, with the Dumri Assembly seat set to vote in the second phase on **November 20, 2024**. The counting of votes will take place on **November 23, 2024**.

Dumri, located partially in Bokaro and Giridih districts, is considered a key constituency in Jharkhand. The current MLA representing Dumri is **Baby Devi**, a JMM member and state minister, who won the by-election held in 2023 by defeating AJSU’s Yashoda Devi with a margin of 17,153 votes.

In the 2019 assembly elections, the seat was won by JMM’s **Jagarnath Mahto**, who defeated Yashoda Devi by a margin of 34,288 votes. Following his demise due to COVID-19, the by-election was contested by his wife, Baby Devi.

The Dumri seat has historically been a JMM stronghold, with Jagarnath Mahto winning consecutively in 2005, 2009, and 2014.

**Key Dates for the Dumri Assembly Election 2024:**

– **Notification Release:** (Date not mentioned)
– **Last Date of Nomination:** October 29, 2024
– **Scrutiny of Nominations:** October 30, 2024
– **Withdrawal of Nominations:** November 1, 2024
– **Polling Date:** November 20, 2024
– **Counting of Votes:** November 23, 2024

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