Lohardaga Assembly constituency

Lohardaga
Constituency No. 72 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga district
LS constituency	Lohardaga
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rameshwar Oraon
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Ignes Kujur		Jharkhand Party
1957	Pritam Kujur
1962	Sushil Bakhla		Swatantra Party
1967	Bihari Lakra		Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977	Indra Nath Bhagat
1980
1985
1990
1995	Sadhanu Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Sukhdeo Bhagat		Indian National Congress
2009	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		All Jharkhand Students Union
2014
2015^	Sukhdeo Bhagat[3]		Indian National Congress
2019	Rameshwar Oraon
2024

^by-election

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	113,507	53.06	10.39
	AJSU	Neru Shanti Bhagat	78,837	36.85	13.95
	JLKM	Kishor Oraon	1,300	0.61	New
Margin of victory
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	74,380	42.67%	7.77
	BJP	Sukhdeo Bhagat	44,230	25.37%	New
	AJSU	Neru Shanti Bhagat	39,916	22.90%	New
	Bhartiya Tribal Party	Sadhnu Bhagat	4,318	2.48%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,799	1.61%	0.23
	JVM(P)	Pawan Tigga	1,661	0.95%	10.62
	JD(U)	Dipak Oraon	1,384	0.79%	New
	Independent	Ekus Dhan	1,360	0.78%	New
	BSP	Sharwan Kumar Panna	1,310	0.75%	New
	Independent	Ashish Oraon	1,174	0.67%	New
	Independent	Ajit Kumar Bhagat	991	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			30,150	17.30%	1.39
Turnout			1,74,312	70.99%	4.55
Registered electors			2,45,547		11.42
	INC hold		Swing	7.77

Assembly by-election 2015

2015 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Lohardaga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	73,859	50.44%	12.03
	AJSU	Niru Shanti Bhagat	50,571	34.54%	New
	JVM(P)	Bandu Tirkey	16,951	11.58%	8.76
	NOTA	Nota	2,019	1.38%	New
	CPI	Ajmel Oraon	1,529	1.04%	New
	Independent	Ranjit Oraon	859	0.59%	New
	Independent	Biglal Oraon	831	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			23,288	15.90%	15.50
Turnout			1,46,430	67.36%	1.31
Registered electors			2,20,386		1.81
	INC gain from AJSU		Swing	11.63

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Kamal Kishore Bhagat	56,920	38.81%	8.09
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	56,328	38.41%	8.20
	JMM	Sukhdeo Oraon	13,510	9.21%	8.02
	JVM(P)	Anita Minz	4,123	2.81%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Oraon	2,423	1.65%	New
	BSP	Sunil Kujur	2,372	1.62%	0.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,858	1.27%	New
	Independent	Shishir Toppo	1,687	1.15%	New
	Independent	Rameshwar Lohra	1,409	0.96%	New
	Independent	Jaiwanti Bhagat	1,285	0.88%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Ganesh Munda	1,012	0.69%	1.23
Margin of victory			592	0.40%	0.12
Turnout			1,46,660	67.75%	8.76
Registered electors			2,16,477		9.55
	AJSU hold		Swing	8.09

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Kamal Kishore Bhagat	35,816	30.72%	New
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	35,210	30.20%	New
	BJP	Sadhnu Bhagat	28,949	24.83%	New
	Independent	Pawan Ekka	3,632	3.12%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Aashamani Devi	2,238	1.92%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Sura Oraon	1,632	1.40%	New
	BSP	Balmukund Lohra	1,571	1.35%	New
	JMM	Abhay Kujur	1,389	1.19%	New
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Vijay Laxmi Khalkho	1,372	1.18%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Somnath Lakra	1,310	1.12%	New
	Bharatiya Rashtravadi Samanta Party	Sukhdeo Lohra	1,107	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			606	0.52%
Turnout			1,16,575	58.99%	58.99
Registered electors			1,97,610		30.48
	AJSU gain from INC		Swing

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	35,023	24.03%	9.42
	BJP	Sadhnu Bhagat	28,243	20.52%	14.68
	Independent	Karma Oraon	12,158	8.83%	New
	Independent	Pawan Ekka	9,674	7.03%	New
	AJSU	Kamal Kishore Bhagat	5,845	4.25%	New
	RJD	Jokhan Bhagat	3,963	2.88%	19.64
	Independent	Sukhdeo Lohra	2,356	1.71%	New
	LJP	Suchita Toppo	1,526	1.11%	New
	BSP	Vasudeo Oraon	1,495	1.09%	0.15
	Independent	Ganesh Munda	1,250	0.91%	New
	Independent	Anand Kumar Bhagat	1,214	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			6,780	4.65%	2.89
Turnout			1,45,746	51.27%	18.83
Registered electors			2,84,246		91.22
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	11.17

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sadhanu Bhagat	16,979	35.20%	New
	INC	Indra Nath Bhagat	16,131	33.45%	New
	RJD	Pawan Ekka	10,863	22.52%	New
	Independent	Pinju Bhagat	1,168	2.42%	New
	Independent	Basudeo Oraon	971	2.01%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Jagdip Oraon	873	1.81%	New
	BSP	Shivdeo Bhagat	595	1.23%	New
	JMM	Abhay Kujur	363	0.75%	New
	NDPF	Kamla Devi	286	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			848	1.76%
Turnout			48,229	33.00%
Registered electors			1,48,651
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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. Bypoll 2015
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. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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