Latehar Assembly constituency
| Latehar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 74 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Latehar |
| LS constituency | Chatra |
| Established | 2000 |
| Total electors | 269,835 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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 | |
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLKM | Santosh Kumar Paswan | New | |||
Assembly election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMM | Baidyanath Ram | 76,507 | 42.04% |  27.67
| |
| BJP | Prakash Ram | 60,179 | 33.07% | 5.35
| |
| Independent | Santosh Kumar Paswan | 15,985 | 8.78% | New | |
| JVM(P) | Aman Kumar Bhogta | 8,700 | 4.78% |  39.66
| |
| NOTA | Nota | 5,503 | 3.02% | 0.36
| |
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar | 4,278 | 2.35% | New | |
| BSP | Ramesh Ganjhu | 3,143 | 1.73% | 0.65
| |
| 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% | 7.75
| ||
| Turnout | 1,81,967 | 67.44% | 1.27
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,69,835 | 11.47
| |||
| JMM gain from JVM(P) | Swing | 2.40
|
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Assembly election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JVM(P) | Prakash Ram | 71,189 | 44.45% | New | |
| BJP | Brajmohan Ram | 44,402 | 27.72% | 5.14
| |
| JMM | Mohan Ganjhu | 23,022 | 14.37% | 4.78
| |
| RJD | Vijay Kumar | 4,916 | 3.07% | 29.38
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,270 | 2.67% | New | |
| BSP | Digambar Ram | 3,806 | 2.38% | 0.66
| |
| 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% | 16.31
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,170 | 66.17% | 4.96
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,42,068 | 41.04
| |||
| JVM(P) gain from BJP | Swing | 11.58
|
|||
Assembly election 2009
| 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% | 61.21
| ||
| Registered electors | 1,71,628 | 28.24
| |||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Prakash Ram | 18,819 | 13.75% | 6.24
| |
| JMM | Ramdev Ganjhu | 13,421 | 9.81% | 6.94
| |
| JD(U) | Baidyanath Ram | 13,040 | 9.53% | 21.65
| |
| 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% | 0.06
| |
| 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% | 7.24
| ||
| Turnout | 1,36,824 | 57.21% | 40.54
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,39,166 | 60.68
| |||
| RJD gain from JD(U) | Swing | 17.42
|
|||
Assembly election 2000
| 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
References
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- ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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