Dhullu Mahato (born 12 May 1975) is a politician from

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

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. He was a three time MLA and is now an MP. He won the 2024 Indian general election in Jharkhand and became an MP from Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency.

Early life and education

Mahato is from Baghmara. His was born to late Puna Mahato. He completed intermediate in Arts at DAV High School, Katrasgarh,

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur. It ranks as the 42nd largest city in India and is the 33rd largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. Dhanbad shares its land borders with Pa ...

in 1994.

Career

Mahato represents the Baghmara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) since the year 2009 (margin 19,960 votes). From 2009 to 2014 he represented the constituency as a

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...

MLA but from 2014 (margin 29,623 votes) to 2019 he represented the constituency as a

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

MLA. In the 2019 assembly election, he contested and won (meager margin of 824 votes) on the

ticket. He won the 2024 Indian general election in Jharkhand from Dhanbad Assembly constituency representing

. He polled 789,172 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Anupama Singh of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

, by a margin of 331,583 votes.

References

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