Latehar Assembly constituency

Latehar
Constituency No. 74 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictLatehar
LS constituencyChatra
Established2000
Total electors269,835
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year2024

Latehar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1][2] And after partition from Bihar, new state Jharkhand came into existence on 15 November 2000 and Latehar Vidhansabha came under Jharkhand.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Latehar cum Manatu constituency
1957 John Munzani[a] Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
Lal Jagdhatri Nath Shah Deo[a]
1962 John Munzani Swatantra Party
1967 T. Singh Indian National Congress
1969 Jamuna Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Vijoy Virendra Kumar Indian National Congress
1977-80: Constituency did not exist
1980 Indra Nath Bhagat Indian National Congress
1985 Haridarshan Ram
1990 Ramdeo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
1995 Baljit Ram Janata Dal
2000 Baidyanath Ram Janata Dal (United)
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005 Prakash Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Baidyanath Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Prakash Ram Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2019[3][4] Baidyanath Ram Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2024 Prakash Ram Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JLKM Santosh Kumar Paswan New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Baidyanath Ram 76,507 42.04% Increase27.67
BJP Prakash Ram 60,179 33.07% Increase5.35
Independent Santosh Kumar Paswan 15,985 8.78% New
JVM(P) Aman Kumar Bhogta 8,700 4.78% Decrease39.66
NOTA Nota 5,503 3.02% Increase0.36
Independent Sanjay Kumar 4,278 2.35% New
BSP Ramesh Ganjhu 3,143 1.73% Decrease0.65
Independent Virendra Paswan 1,827 1.00% New
Independent Shravan Paswan 1,818 1.00% New
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Tulsi Ram 1,800 0.99% New
Independent Amit Kumar Turi 1,210 0.66% New
Margin of victory 16,328 8.97% Decrease7.75
Turnout 1,81,967 67.44% Increase1.27
Registered electors 2,69,835 Increase11.47
JMM gain from JVM(P) Swing Decrease2.40

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JVM(P) Prakash Ram 71,189 44.45% New
BJP Brajmohan Ram 44,402 27.72% Decrease5.14
JMM Mohan Ganjhu 23,022 14.37% Increase4.78
RJD Vijay Kumar 4,916 3.07% Decrease29.38
NOTA None of the Above 4,270 2.67% New
BSP Digambar Ram 3,806 2.38% Decrease0.66
CPI Shravan Kumar 2,751 1.72% New
JBSP Tulsi Ram 2,219 1.39% New
Independent Juglal Manjhi 2,000 1.25% New
SP Ashish Kumar 1,594 1.00% New
Margin of victory 26,787 16.72% Increase16.31
Turnout 1,60,170 66.17% Increase4.96
Registered electors 2,42,068 Increase41.04
JVM(P) gain from BJP Swing Increase11.58

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Baidyanath Ram 34,522 32.86% New
RJD Prakash Ram 34,084 32.44% New
JMM Ramdeo Ganjhu 10,076 9.59% New
INC Suresh Ram 7,865 7.49% New
Independent Ramnath Ganjhu 5,999 5.71% New
Independent Ram Ratan Baspati 3,731 3.55% New
BSP Yugal Kishor Ram 3,189 3.04% New
Independent Pardeep Ganjhu 1,386 1.32% New
AJSU Fulchand Ganjhu 1,217 1.16% New
Lok Jan Vikas Morcha Anita Devi 1,062 1.01% New
RLD Raju Bhuiya 973 0.93% New
Margin of victory 438 0.42%
Turnout 1,05,054 61.21% Increase61.21
Registered electors 1,71,628 Decrease28.24
BJP gain from RJD Swing

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Prakash Ram 18,819 13.75% Decrease6.24
JMM Ramdev Ganjhu 13,421 9.81% Decrease6.94
JD(U) Baidyanath Ram 13,040 9.53% Decrease21.65
Independent Phulchand Ganjhu 9,411 6.88% New
Independent Shyam Ram 3,441 2.51% New
Independent Ram Sevak Baitha 3,215 2.35% New
BSP Bigu Mochi 1,643 1.20% Increase0.06
Independent Ram Ratan Baspati 1,517 1.11% New
Independent Kanhai Manjhi 1,508 1.10% New
Independent Krishna Paswan 850 0.62% New
Independent Gainda Bhuian 834 0.61% New
Margin of victory 5,398 3.95% Decrease7.24
Turnout 1,36,824 57.21% Increase40.54
Registered electors 2,39,166 Increase60.68
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing Decrease17.42

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Baidyanath Ram 7,734 31.18% New
RJD Prakash Ram 4,960 19.99% New
BJP Baljeet Ram 4,518 18.21% New
JMM Ramdeo Ganjhu 4,154 16.75% New
INC Lakshman Prasad Ganjhu 1,802 7.26% New
CPI Shankar Baitha 597 2.41% New
Independent Parra Nayak 483 1.95% New
BSP Rajendra Ram 283 1.14% New
NCP Hari Darshan Ram 229 0.92% New
Margin of victory 2,774 11.18%
Turnout 24,807 16.97%
Registered electors 1,48,848
JD(U) win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Two member constituency

References

  1. ^ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Latehar Election Result 2019: JMM's Baidyanath Ram unseats incumbent BJP leader Prakash Ram by 16,328 votes in Jharkhand polls". Firstpost. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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