Bhawanathpur Assembly constituency

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Bhawanathpur
Constituency No. 81 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictGarhwa
Lok Sabha constituencyPalamu
Established2000
Total electors378,363
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  JMM  
Alliance  [[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Bhawanathpur is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.[1]

Overview

Bhawanathpur (constituency number 81) is one of the two Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Garhwa district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Garhwa in this district and Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur and Hussainabad in Palamu district.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957 Jadunandan Tiwari[lower-alpha 1] Indian National Congress
Ramdini Chamar[lower-alpha 1]
1962 Shankar Pratap Deo Swatantra Party
1967 Indian National Congress
1969 Hemendra Pratap Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Shankar Pratap Deo Indian National Congress
1977 Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri Janata Party
1980 Shankar Pratap Deo Indian National Congress
1985 Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo
1990 Girwar Pandey Janata Dal
1995
2000 Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri Samata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005 Bhanu Pratap Sahi[2] All India Forward Bloc
2009 Anant Pratap Deo[3] Indian National Congress
2014[4] Bhanu Pratap Sahi Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha
2019[5] Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Anant Pratap Deo Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Anant Pratap Deo 146,265 48.49% New
BJP Bhanu Pratap Shahi 1,24,803 41.37% Increase3.48
Independent Rahul Prasad Gupta 5,946 1.97% New
Independent Rajesh Baitha 5,087 1.69% New
BSP Pankaj Kumar 3,744 1.24% Decrease21.03
Independent Bisheswar Mehta 2,861 0.95% New
Independent Ram Naresh Yadav 1,827 0.61% New
NOTA None of the Above 1,244 0.41% Decrease0.43
Margin of victory 21,462 7.12% Decrease8.50
Turnout 3,01,643 68.51% Increase0.98
Registered electors 4,40,321 Increase16.38
JMM gain from BJP Swing Increase10.60

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bhanu Pratap Sahi 96,818 37.89% Increase11.36
BSP Sogra Bibi 56,914 22.28% Increase0.80
Independent Anant Pratap Deo 53,050 20.76% New
INC Kedar Prasad Yadav 10,895 4.26% New
JVM(P) Vijay Kumar Keshri 3,876 1.52% Decrease3.82
LJP Rekha Choubey 3,625 1.42% New
CPI Rameshwar Prasad Akela 3,565 1.40% New
NOTA None of the Above 2,163 0.85% New
Margin of victory 39,904 15.62% Increase14.36
Turnout 2,55,498 67.53% Decrease0.64
Registered electors 3,78,363 Increase21.68
BJP gain from Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha Swing Increase10.10

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha Bhanu Pratap Sahi 58,908 27.79% Increase7.17
BJP Anant Pratap Deo 56,247 26.54% New
BSP Tahir Ansari 45,523 21.48% Increase12.41
SP Kedar Prasad Yadav 20,546 9.69% New
JVM(P) Ramchandra Keshri 11,308 5.34% New
Rashtriya Mazdoor Kisan Prajatantrik Party Shashi Kumar Dwivedi 3,366 1.59% New
Independent Lakshman Singh 3,123 1.47% New
Margin of victory 2,661 1.26% Decrease12.80
Turnout 2,11,953 68.16% Increase6.13
Registered electors 3,10,943 Increase22.31
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha gain from INC Swing Decrease6.89

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anant Pratap Deo 54,690 34.68% Increase14.22
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha Bhanu Pratap Sahi 32,522 20.62% New
CPI(ML)L Sogara Bibi 20,901 13.25% New
BSP Kedar Prasad Yadav 14,293 9.06% Decrease1.05
JD(U) Ramchandra Keshri 11,546 7.32% New
RJD Basant Kumar Yadav 3,026 1.92% Decrease9.17
Independent Rakesh Kumar Chaubey 2,118 1.34% New
Margin of victory 22,168 14.06% Increase10.93
Turnout 1,57,697 62.03% Increase6.70
Registered electors 2,54,216 Decrease12.88
INC gain from AIFB Swing Increase11.09

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Bhanu Pratap Sahi 38,090 23.59% New
INC Anant Pratap Deo 33,040 20.46% Decrease4.33
RJD Dr. Moh. Yasin Ansari 17,897 11.09% Decrease11.72
BSP Dharmendra Pratap Deo 16,325 10.11% Increase5.03
BJP Sharda Mahesh Pratap Deo 8,826 5.47% New
SP Sheo Pujan Yadav 8,006 4.96% New
LJP Giriwar Pandey 7,658 4.74% New
Margin of victory 5,050 3.13% Decrease3.78
Turnout 1,61,448 55.33% Decrease4.04
Registered electors 2,91,800 Increase43.21
AIFB gain from Samata Party Swing Decrease8.11

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Samata Party Ramchandra Keshri 38,350 31.70% New
INC Anant Pratap Deo 29,995 24.79% New
RJD Dr. Md. Yasin Ansari 27,593 22.81% New
JD(U) Giriwar Pandey 9,308 7.69% New
BSP Gopi Chandra Ram 6,148 5.08% New
Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation Lakshman Singh 3,262 2.70% New
JMM Surendra Prasad Gupta 1,654 1.37% New
Margin of victory 8,355 6.91%
Turnout 1,20,977 60.45%
Registered electors 2,03,757
Samata Party win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Two member constituency

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.
  2. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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