The Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency is a reserved one for the STs and is located in Jhargram district and comprises the following segments: Nayagram (ST), Gopiballavpur , Jhargram, Garbeta, Salboni (ST), Binpur (ST) and Bandwan (ST).
The TMC's Uma Soren won the seat last time, polling 6.74 lakh votes as against 3.26 lakh votes polled by her closest rival Pulin Bihari Baske of the CPI(M), the sitting MP. The BJP's Bikash Mudi ended third with 1.22 lakh votes while the Congress's Anita Hansda got 40,513 votes.
Total electors in Jhargram constituency in 2014 were 14.71 lakh.
The TMC's vote-share in 2014 was 53.6 per cent while the Left got almost 26 per cent. The BJP got 9.74 per cent vote share and the Congress 3.22 per cent.
In 2014, Uma Soren defeated Baske to end the CPI(M)'s 37-year-old run in Jhargram. However, following last year's panchayat election results, the BJP will be hoping to make inroads in the constituency this time.