Kanke Assembly constituency

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Kanke
Constituency No. 65 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictRanchi
Lok Sabha constituencyRanchi
Established2000
Total electors415,081
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC  
Alliance  [[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Kanke Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1][2]

Most successful parties after separate Jharkhand state.

  BJP (80%)
  INC (20%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1967: Constituency did not exist
1967 J. N. Choubey Jan Kranti Dal
1969 Ram Tahal Chaudhary Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977 Hira Ram Toofani Janata Party
1980 Ram Ratan Ram Indian National Congress
1985 Hari Ram
1990 Ram Chandra Baitha Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
2000 Ram Chandra Nayak
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005 Ram Chandra Baitha Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014 Dr. Jitu Charan Ram
2019 Sammari Lal
2024 Suresh Kumar Baitha Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Suresh Kumar Baitha 133,499 43.47% Increase8.30
BJP Dr. Jitu Charan Ram 1,32,531 43.16% Decrease0.88
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Phuleshwar Baitha 25,965 8.46% New
CPI Santosh Kumar Rajak 3,157 1.03% New
NOTA None of the Above 3,588 1.17% Decrease0.13
Margin of victory 968 0.32% Decrease8.55
Turnout 3,07,093 63.74% Increase2.48
Registered electors 4,81,815 Increase16.08
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease0.57

Assembly election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sammari Lal 111,975 44.04% Decrease11.65
INC Suresh Kumar Baitha 89,435 35.17% Increase8.27
AJSU Ramjeet Ganjhu 29,127 11.46% New
JVM(P) Kamlesh Ram 10,391 4.09% New
JD(U) Ashok Kumar Nag 1,678 0.66% New
LJP Shankar Prasad 1,549 0.61% New
Rashtriya Jaihind Party Santosh Kumar 1,442 0.57% New
NOTA None of the Above 3,313 1.30% Decrease0.07
Margin of victory 22,540 8.86% Decrease19.92
Turnout 2,54,259 61.26% Increase1.45
Registered electors 4,15,081 Increase19.48
BJP hold Swing Decrease11.65

Assembly election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Jitu Charan Ram 115,702 55.69% Increase24.39
INC Suresh Kumar Baitha 55,898 26.90% Decrease1.23
JMM Ashok Kumar Nag 17,411 8.38% Decrease2.85
CPI Subedar Ram 4,735 2.28% New
AITC Niranjan Kalindi 1,968 0.95% New
Independent Rajesh Rajak 1,630 0.78% New
Independent Vijay Ram 1,303 0.63% New
NOTA None of the Above 2,851 1.37% New
Margin of victory 59,804 28.78% Increase25.62
Turnout 2,07,762 59.81% Increase16.21
Registered electors 3,47,392 Increase4.77
BJP hold Swing Increase24.39

Assembly election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramchandra Baitha 45,245 31.30% Decrease17.29
INC Suresh Kumar Baitha 40,674 28.14% New
JMM Sammari Lal 16,228 11.23% Decrease25.47
Independent Ramjeet Ganjhu 9,335 6.46% New
AJSU Shanti Devi 9,091 6.29% New
Independent Arjun Kumar Ram 4,559 3.15% New
Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Dal Ajay Rajak 3,596 2.49% New
Margin of victory 4,571 3.16% Decrease8.74
Turnout 1,44,559 43.60% Decrease16.67
Registered electors 3,31,582 Increase57.89
BJP hold Swing Decrease17.29

Assembly election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramchandra Baitha 61,502 48.59% Increase2.41
JMM Sammari Lal 46,443 36.69% Increase31.88
Independent Ramjeet Ganjhu 12,521 9.89% New
RJD Ghuran Ram 8,906 7.04% Decrease20.02
Independent Balram Pradhan 3,985 3.15% New
Independent Bibhash Chandra Ranjan 3,392 2.68% New
BSP Rijhu Nayak 2,230 2.09% New
Margin of victory 15,059 11.90% Decrease7.23
Turnout 1,26,575 60.27% Increase18.22
Registered electors 2,10,012 Decrease2.90
BJP hold Swing Increase2.41

Assembly election 2000[edit | edit source]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kanke[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ram Chandra Nayak 41,994 46.18% New
RJD Sammari Lal 24,603 27.05% New
INC Vikram Jai Kishore 11,679 12.84% New
JMM Vindhyachal Ram 4,372 4.81% New
NCP Hari Ram 4,187 4.60% New
CPI Chuni Lal Nayak 2,314 2.54% New
SP Sarjeev Mirdha 649 0.71% New
Margin of victory 17,391 19.12%
Turnout 90,937 42.52%
Registered electors 2,16,280
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "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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