Baidyanath Ram

Baidyanath Ram is an Indian politician and he was member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ram is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Latehar constituency in Latehar district.^[1][2][3] On 10 November 2019, he joined Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Party due to his name removed by BJP for 2019 Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Election Candidate.

Electoral performance

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Baidyanath Ram	76,507	42.04%	27.67
	BJP	Prakash Ram	60,179	33.07%	5.35
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Paswan	15,985	8.78%	New
	JVM(P)	Aman Kumar Bhogta	8,700	4.78%	39.66
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	4,278	2.35%	New
	BSP	Ramesh Ganjhu	3,143	1.73%	0.65
	Independent	Virendra Paswan	1,827	1.00%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,503	3.02%	0.36
Margin of victory			16,328	8.97%	7.75
Turnout			1,81,967	67.44%	1.27
Registered electors			2,69,835		11.47
	JMM gain from JVM(P)		Swing	2.40

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Baidyanath Ram	34,522	32.86%	New
	RJD	Prakash Ram	34,084	32.44%	18.69
	JMM	Ramdeo Ganjhu	10,076	9.59%	0.22
	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%	1.83
Margin of victory			438	0.42%	3.53
Turnout			1,05,054	61.21%	4.00
Registered electors			1,71,628		28.24
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	19.11

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Prakash Ram	18,819	13.75%	6.24
	JMM	Ramdev Ganjhu	13,421	9.81%	6.94
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Ram	13,040	9.53%	21.65
	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%	7.24
Turnout			1,36,824	57.21%	40.54
Registered electors			2,39,166		60.68
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing	17.42

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[7]

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)