Litipara Assembly constituency

Litipara
Constituency No. 4 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
LS constituency	Rajmahal
Established	2000
Total electors	1,99,843
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Hemlal Murmu
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

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

Litipara Assembly constituency is part of Rajmahal (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Overview

Litipara Assembly constituency covers: Litipara, Amrapara and Hiranpur Police Stations in Pakaur district; and Gopikandar Police Station in Dumka district.[3]

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.[3]

Litipara Assembly constituency is part of Rajmahal (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	Ramcharan Kisku		Jharkhand Party
1962			Janata Party
1967	B. Murmu		Independent politician
1969	Som Murmu		Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand
1972
1977	Simon Marandi		Independent politician
1980			Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1985
1990	Sushila Hansdak
1995
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Sushila Hansdak		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009	Simon Marandi
2014	Dr. Anil Murmu[4]
2017^	Simon Marandi[5]
2019	Dinesh William Marandi
2024	Hemlal Murmu

^by-election

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Litipara[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Hemlal Murmu	88,469	53.97%	7.73
	BJP	Babudhan Murmu	61,720	37.65%	1.05
	Independent	Nirmal Murmu	2,470	1.51%	New
	Independent	Raska Hembram	1,728	1.05%	New
	JLKM	Mark Baskey	1,589	0.97%	New
	NCP	Shivcharan Malto	1,585	0.97%	New
	Navyug Pragatisheel Morcha	Johan Kisku	1,397	0.85%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,327	2.03%	0.21
Margin of victory			26,749	16.32%	6.68
Turnout			1,63,925	75.25%	3.09
Registered electors			2,17,847		9.01
	JMM hold		Swing	7.73

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Litipara[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dinesh William Marandi	66,675	46.24%	1.04
	BJP	Daniel Kisku	52,772	36.60%	1.38
	JVM(P)	Raska Hembram	7,195	4.99%	1.65
	CPI(M)	Devendra Dehri	5,244	3.64%	New
	AITC	Shivcharan Malto	2,604	1.81%	New
	Independent	Mark Baskey	1,691	1.17%	New
	Independent	Rajeev Malto	1,595	1.11%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,228	2.24%	0.33
Margin of victory			13,903	9.64%	0.34
Turnout			1,44,199	72.16%	0.74
Registered electors			1,99,843		5.08
	JMM hold		Swing	1.04

Assembly By-election 2017

2017 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Litipara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Simon Marandi	65,551	47.28%	1.35
	BJP	Hemlal Murmu	52,651	37.98%	9.19
	JVM(P)	Kistu Soren	9,208	6.64%	0.65
	Independent	Jyotish Baski	2,190	1.58%	New
	Independent	Jantu Soren	2,033	1.47%	New
	Independent	Shivcharan Malto	1,893	1.37%	New
	Independent	Dr. Shrilal Kisku	1,652	1.19%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,646	1.91%	New
Margin of victory			12,900	9.30%	7.84
Turnout			1,38,643	72.90%	3.06
Registered electors			1,90,188		1.26
	JMM hold		Swing	1.35

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Litipara[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dr. Anil Murmu	67,194	45.93%	14.48
	BJP	Simon Marandi	42,111	28.78%	8.95
	INC	Shivcharan Malto	12,434	8.50%	17.27
	JVM(P)	Daniel Kisku	8,771	5.99%	New
	CPI(M)	Devendra Dehari	5,491	3.75%	New
	Independent	Wakil Besra	2,976	2.03%	New
	Independent	Gupin Hembrom	2,426	1.66%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,460	2.36%	New
Margin of victory			25,083	17.14%	11.46
Turnout			1,46,306	75.96%	14.11
Registered electors			1,92,609		25.41
	JMM hold		Swing	14.48

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Litipara[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Simon Marandi	29,875	31.45%	0.83
	INC	Dr. Anil Murmu	24,478	25.77%	New
	BJP	Thakur Hansda	18,842	19.84%	4.61
	Independent	Daniel Kisku	4,463	4.70%	New
	AITC	James Murmu	3,911	4.12%	New
	RSP	Jantu Soren	2,593	2.73%	New
	Independent	Manoj Marandi	2,505	2.64%	New
Margin of victory			5,397	5.68%	2.15
Turnout			94,990	61.85%	1.70
Registered electors			1,53,589		0.55
	JMM hold		Swing	0.83

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Litipara[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sushila Hansdak	29,661	32.28%	14.40
	BJP	Simon Marandi	22,464	24.45%	8.15
	Independent	Dr. Anil Murmu	22,116	24.07%	New
	Independent	Jitendra Malto	4,136	4.50%	New
	Independent	Shivcharan Malto	3,637	3.96%	New
	JDP	Jantu Soren	2,496	2.72%	New
	Independent	Stefan Murmu	2,280	2.48%	New
Margin of victory			7,197	7.83%	6.03
Turnout			91,878	60.15%	5.27
Registered electors			1,52,751		10.58
	JMM hold		Swing	14.40

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election : Litipara[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sushila Hansdak	35,391	46.68%	New
	INC	Stephan Soren	24,881	32.82%	New
	BJP	Chhutar Kisku	12,361	16.30%	New
	RJD	Jhano Rewati Tudu	1,814	2.39%	New
	CPI	Rishi Kishku	792	1.04%	New
	NCP	Helena Murmu	575	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			10,510	13.86%
Turnout			75,814	55.93%
Registered electors			1,38,141
	JMM win (new seat)

See also

• Littipara block
• Amrapara block
• Hiranpur block
• Gopikandar
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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