Dhanwar seat is also included in the 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand. Last Assembly Election held in 2014 where total vote percentage was 63.64%. The total number of voters were 277622, out of which male voters were 148140 and female voters were 129482. Incumbent MLA RAJ KUMAR YADAW contested from CPI ML L party and got 50634 votes from total votes polled and won the election.