Dashrath Gagrai is an Indian politician from the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

who is a member of the

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state. List of assemblies ...

. He represents the Kharsawan assembly constituency of

Seraikela Kharsawan district Seraikela Kharsawan district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Seraikela town is the district headquarters of Saraikela Kharsawan district . The district is well known for Seraikela Chhau, one of the three di ...

Political career

In the

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Assembly, 4th Jharkha ...

, Dashrath contested from Kharsawan Assembly constituency constituency as a

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

candidate. In this election, he got a total of 72,002 votes and was elected to the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He defeated his nearest rival

Arjun Munda Arjun Munda (born 3 May 1968; ) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand and the former Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' ...

of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

by 11,966 votes. He served in this assembly from 2014 to 2019. In the

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the 5th Jharkhand Assembly, 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-elect ...

, Dashrath contested from Kharsawan Assembly constituency constituency as a

candidate. In this election, he got a total of 73,341 votes and was elected to the 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He defeated his nearest rival Jawahar Lal Banra of the

by 22,795 votes. He has been serving in this assembly since 2019.

Electoral statistics

References

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