Chatra Lok Sabha constituency

Chatra
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Lok Sabha constituency
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Interactive Map Outlining Chatra Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
Assembly constituenciesSimaria
Chatra
Manika
Latehar
Panki
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Chatra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. It covers the entire Chatra and Latehar districts and part of Palamu district.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Chatra Lok Sabha is the smallest constituency in Jharkhand and comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
26 Simaria (SC) Chatra Kumar Ujjwal BJP BJP
27 Chatra (SC) Janardan Paswan LJP(RV) BJP
73 Manika (ST) Latehar Ramchandra Singh INC INC
74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram BJP BJP
75 Panki Palamu Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta BJP BJP

Until 1977, Chatra was one of the vast Parliamentary constituencies with parts of Gaya, Hazaribag and Palamu districts. The districts of Chatra and Latehar came into being much later. Sans Panki, all the assembly segments (Chatra, Simaria, Latehar and Manika) are reserved seats, whereas Chatra continues to be an unreserved Parliamentary constituency.

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1957 Vijaya Raje Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
1962 Swatantra Party
1967 Independent
1971 Shankar Dayal Singh Indian National Congress
1977 Sukhdeo Prasad Verma Janata Party
1980 Ranjit Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Indian National Congress
1989 Upendra Nath Verma Janata Dal
1991
1996 Dhirendra Agarwal Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999 Nagmani Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004 Dhirendra Agarwal
2009 Inder Singh Namdhari Independent
2014 Sunil Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024 Kalicharan Singh

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Chatra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kalicharan Singh 574,556 52.89
INC Krishna Nand Tripathi 3,53,597 32.55
NOTA None of the above 8,511 0.78
Majority
Turnout 63.69
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chatra[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Kumar Singh 528,077 57.03
INC Manoj Kumar Yadav 1,50,206 16.22
RJD Subhash Yadav 83,425 9.01
CPI Arjun Kumar 22,577 2.44
BSP Nageshwar Ganjhu 18,888 2.04
Majority 3,77,871 40.81
Turnout 9,25,956 64.97
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Chatra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Kumar Singh 2,95,862 41.50
INC Dhiraj Prasad Sahu 1,17,836 16.53
JVM(P) Nilam Devi 1,04,176 14.61
AJSU Nagmani 35,674 5.00
Majority 1,78,026 24.97
Turnout 7,12,980 54.32
BJP gain from Independent Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Chatra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Inder Singh Namdhari 1,08,336 22.86
INC Dhiraj Prasad Sahu 92,158 19.44
RJD Nagmani Kushwaha 68,764 14.51
CPI(ML) Keshwar Yadav 63,846 13.47
JD(U) Arun Kumar Yadav 46,088 9.72
Majority 16,178 3.41
Turnout 4,73,941 45.67
Independent gain from RJD Swing

1984 Lok Sabha

  • Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (INC) : 211,020 votes [3]
  • Shukdeo Prasad Verma (ICJ) : 54,478

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.
  2. ^ The New Indian Express (19 May 2024). "For first time in seven decades, voters seek local representative". Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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