Dhanwar Assembly Seat Result: The Dhanwar assembly seat in Jharkhand saw BJP's Babulal Marandi defeating Nizam Uddin Ansari of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha of the by a margin of 35,438 votes.
Babulal Marandi received 1,06,296 votes, while Nizam Uddin Ansari got 70,858 votes and CPI(ML)'s Raj Kumar Yadav 32,187 votes.
This was the third time the two leaders faced each other in the Jharkhand assembly elections. In 2014, Raj Kumar Yadav thrashed Babulal Marandi, who had then fought on a Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) ticket. However, Marandi, again fighting on a JVM(P) ticket got back at Yadav in 2019 with a thumping win.
Yadav has been contesting the seat since Jharkhand's first election, winning only once. The Dhanwar assembly segment is a part of the Giridih district and comes under the Koderma Lok Sabha constituency.
The Dhanwar assembly seat went to polls in the first phase of two on November 13 and recorded a turnout of 62.38%. The Jharkhand assembly elections were held in two phases on November 13 and 20. Overall, Jharkhand recorded a turnout of 68.95%, which was higher than that of Maharashtra's 66.05%.
The Jharkhand elections saw one of the fiercest campaigns, the recipe of which had nearly everything we can expect in a poll campaign in India. The campaign saw political slugfests over claims of corruption, Bangladeshi infiltration, ouster of Hindus, change in demographics, non-release of funds, announcement of 'populist schemes', and a lot more.
The Jharkhand elections were filled with political rhetoric. The alleged claim of Bangladeshi infiltration became a major poll plank for the first time in the state's electoral history. While the BJP's pre-poll campaigns featured around "roti, beti, and maati (livelihood, women, and land)", the INDIA bloc's attack focused on tribal issues, caste census, and reservation. A total of 1,211 candidates fought in the Jharkhand elections.
Under the political battles, there were several personal prestige battles being fought in Jharkhand this year, such as those of Sita Soren, Purnima Singh, Ragini Singh, Vikas Munda, Champai Soren, and Kalpana Soren, among others.