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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand}}
#REDIRECT [[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency]]
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| image =
| caption =
| Existence = 1957
| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| CurrentMP = [[Sunil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sunil Kumar Singh]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
| State = [[Jharkhand]]
| Successful Party =
|Reservation= None
| AssemblyConstituencies =[[Simaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Simaria]]<br>[[Chatra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chatra]]<br>[[Manika (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manika]] <br>[[Latehar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latehar]] <br>[[Panki (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panki]]
}}
'''Chatra''' Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Jharkhand]] state in eastern [[India]]. It covers the entire [[Chatra district|Chatra]] and [[Latehar district|Latehar]] districts and part of [[Palamu district]]
 
==Vidhan Sabha segments==
Presently, Chatra Lok Sabha smallestconstituency in jharkhandcomprises the following five [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html|title=Parliamentary Constituency|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226080317/http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html|archive-date=2012-02-26}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px" 
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="250px"|District
|-
|26
|[[Simaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Simaria]] 
|SC
|[[Chatra district|Chatra]]
|-
|27
|[[Chatra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chatra]] 
|SC
|[[Chatra district|Chatra]]
|-
|73
|[[Manika (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manika]]
|ST
|[[Latehar district|Latehar]]
|-
|74
|[[Latehar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latehar]]
|SC
|[[Latehar district|Latehar]]
|-
|75
|[[Panki (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panki]]
|None
|[[Palamu district|Palamu]]
|}
Until 1977, Chatra was one of the vast Parliamentary constituencies with parts of Gaya, Hazaribag and Palamu districts. The districts of Chatra and Latehar came into being much later.
Sans Panki, all the assembly segments namely Chatra, Simaria, Latehar and Manika are reserved seats, whereas Chatra continues to be an unreserved Parliamentary constituency.
 
==Members of Lok Sabha==
*1957: [[Vijaya Raje]], CNSPJP (Janata Party)
*1962: [[Vijaya Raje]], Swatantra
*1967:  V.Raje ([[Vijaya Raje]]), Independent
*1971: [[Shankar Dayal Singh]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1977: [[Sukhdeo Verma]], [[Janata Party]]
*1980: Ranjit Singh, [[Indian National Congress]]
*1984: [[Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1989: [[Upendra Nath Verma]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1991: [[Upendra Nath Verma]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1996: [[Dhirendra Agarwal]], [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
*1998: [[Dhirendra Agarwal]], [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
*1999: [[Nagmani]] [[Kushwaha]], [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
*2004: [[Dhirendra Agarwal]], [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
*2009: [[Inder Singh Namdhari]], [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
*2014: [[Sunil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sunil Kumar Singh]], [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
*2019: [[Sunil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sunil Kumar Singh]], [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
 
== Election results ==
=== 2019 Lok Sabha ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Chatra]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Sunil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sunil Kumar Singh]]|votes=5,28,077|percentage=57.03|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Manoj Kumar Yadav|votes=1,50,206|percentage=16.22|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=Subhash Yadav|votes=83,425|percentage=9.01|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Arjun Kumar|votes=22,577|percentage=2.44|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Nageshwar Ganjhu|votes=18,888|percentage=2.04|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,77,871|percentage=40.81|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,25,956|percentage=64.97|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Chatra]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Sunil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sunil Kumar Singh]]|votes=2,95,862|percentage=41.50|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]]|votes=1,17,836|percentage=16.53|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|candidate=Nilam Devi|votes=1,04,176|percentage=14.61|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All Jharkhand Students Union|candidate=Nagmani|votes=35,674|percentage=5.00|change=}}


{{Election box majority||votes=1,78,026|percentage=24.97|change=}}
{{Redirect category shell|
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,12,980|percentage=54.32|change=}}
{{R from move}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    =Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser      =Independent (politician)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Chatra]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Inder Singh Namdhari]]|votes=1,08,336|percentage=22.86|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]]|votes=92,158|percentage=19.44|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=Nagmani Kushwaha|votes=68,764|percentage=14.51|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)|candidate=Keshwar Yadav|votes=63,846|percentage=13.47|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Arun Kumar Yadav|votes=46,088|percentage=9.72|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,178|percentage=3.41|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=4,73,941|percentage=45.67|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    =Independent (politician)
  |loser      =Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== 1984 Lok Sabha ===
* Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (INC) : 211,020 votes  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1984-election-results.html|title = 1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref> 
* Shukdeo Prasad Verma (ICJ) : 54,478
==See also==
* [[Chatra district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
==Notes==
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Jharkhand}}
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics}}
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Chatra district]]
[[Category:Latehar district]]