BJP wins in Deoghar by 2,624 votes: Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019

Narayan Das of BJP beats RJD's Suresh Paswan in Deoghar

BJP won Deoghar, defeating second-placed RJD by 2624 votes. It had also won Deoghar in the previous election, and retained the seat with a narrow margin.

Deoghar is in the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand. It is also a constituency reserved for SC candidates, and is a predominantly urban constituency.

Narayan Das of the BJP received 41.0% of the vote, compared to 39.9% of the RJD's Suresh Paswan. BJP's voteshare fell by 2.6% from 2014, while RJD's voteshare increased by 17.7%.

The constituency saw a 2-cornered contest, with Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal all getting a voteshare of 10% of more.

Party	Name	Votes	Vote (%)	Party Voteshare Change
Bharatiya Janata Party	Narayan Das	95491	41.0%	-2.6%
Rashtriya Janata Dal	Suresh Paswan	92867	39.9%	+17.7%
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	Nirmala Bharti	9970	4.3%	-3.9%
Lok Jan Shakti Party	Bajrangi Mahtha	6394	2.7%	+2.7%
None of the Above	Nota	5381	2.3%	+2.3%
AJSU Party	Santosh Paswan	4528	1.9%	+1.9%
Independent	Gonda Lal Das	4012	1.7%	-
Bahujan Samaj Party	Chandrashekhar Rajak	3269	1.4%	+0.4%
Bahujan Mukti Party	Basant Kumar Anand	3062	1.3%	+0.2%
Janata Dal (United)	Govind Das	2576	1.1%	+1.1%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)	Shambhu Turi	2493	1.1%	+1.1%
Bhartiya Dalit Party	Mahesh Kumar Suman	1556	0.7%	+0.7%
All India Forward Bloc	Nakul Das	1266	0.5%	+0.5%