Latehar Assembly constituency

Latehar
Latehar
Constituency No. 74 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Lok Sabha constituency	Chatra
Established	2000
Total electors	269,835
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Prakash Ram
Party	[[BJP\|Template:BJP/meta/shortname]]
Elected year	2024

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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
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Latehar cum Manatu constituency
1957	John Munzani^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
1957	Lal Jagdhatri Nath Shah Deo^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Ram	98,062	44.74%	11.66
	JMM	Baidyanath Ram	97,628	44.54%	2.49
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Santosh Kumar Paswan	4,295	1.96%	New
	Independent	Rakesh Paswan	3,745	1.71%	New
	BSP	Prakash Kumar Ravi	2,678	1.22%	0.51
	Independent	Shrawan Paswan	2,426	1.11%	New
	API	Brahamdev Ram	2,386	1.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,518	2.06%	0.96
Margin of victory			434	0.20%	8.78
Turnout			2,19,204	71.12%	3.68
Registered electors			3,08,236		14.23
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	2.69

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[6]
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
	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
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,503	3.02%	0.36
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

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[7]
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
	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
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,270	2.67%	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

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Baidyanath Ram	34,522	32.86%	*New*
	RJD	Prakash Ram	34,084	32.44%	18.69
	JMM	Ramdeo Ganjhu	10,076	9.59%	0.22
	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%	1.83
Margin of victory			438	0.42%	3.53
Turnout			1,05,054	61.21%	4.00
Registered electors			1,71,628		28.24
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	19.11

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[9]
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%	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

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[10]
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
Margin of victory			2,774	11.18%
Turnout			24,807	16.97%
Registered electors			1,48,848
	JD(U) win (new seat)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Two member constituency

References

↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
↑ "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.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "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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[TwoMembers-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Two member constituency

[jhceo-1] "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.

[delimitation2008-2] "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.

[election2019-4] "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[5] "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.

[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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