Latehar Assembly constituency

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Latehar
Constituency No. 74 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictLatehar
Lok Sabha constituencyChatra
Established2000
Total electors269,835
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  [[BJP|Template:BJP/meta/shortname]]  
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[edit | edit source]

Election Name Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Latehar cum Manatu constituency
1957 John Munzani[lower-alpha 1] Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
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[edit | edit source]

Assembly election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prakash Ram 98,062 44.74% Increase11.66
JMM Baidyanath Ram 97,628 44.54% Increase2.49
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% Decrease0.51
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% Decrease0.96
Margin of victory 434 0.20% Decrease8.78
Turnout 2,19,204 71.12% Increase3.68
Registered electors 3,08,236 Increase14.23
BJP gain from JMM Swing Increase2.69

Assembly election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[6]
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
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
NOTA None of the Above 5,503 3.02% Increase0.36
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[edit | edit source]

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% Decrease5.14
JMM Mohan Ganjhu 23,022 14.37% Increase4.78
RJD Vijay Kumar 4,916 3.07% Decrease29.38
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
NOTA None of the Above 4,270 2.67% 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[edit | edit source]

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% Increase18.69
JMM Ramdeo Ganjhu 10,076 9.59% Decrease0.22
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% Increase1.83
Margin of victory 438 0.42% Decrease3.53
Turnout 1,05,054 61.21% Increase4.00
Registered electors 1,71,628 Decrease28.24
BJP gain from RJD Swing Increase19.11

Assembly election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar[9]
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% 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[edit | edit source]

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)

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Two member constituency

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. ↑ "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. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "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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