Bhawanathpur Assembly constituency

Bhawanathpur
Bhawanathpur
Constituency No. 81 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Lok Sabha constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Total electors	378,363
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Anant Pratap Deo
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Bhawanathpur is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India.^[1]

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Year	Name
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	Jadunandan Tiwari^[a]	Indian National Congress
1957	Ramdini Chamar^[a]	Indian National Congress
1962	Shankar Pratap Deo	Swatantra Party
1967	Shankar Pratap Deo	Indian National Congress
1969	Hemendra Pratap	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Shankar Pratap Deo	Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri	Janata Party
1980	Shankar Pratap Deo	Indian National Congress
1985	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo	Indian National Congress
1990	Girwar Pandey	Janata Dal
1995	Girwar Pandey	Janata Dal
2000	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri	Samata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Bhanu Pratap Sahi^[2]	All India Forward Bloc
2009	Anant Pratap Deo^[3]	Indian National Congress
2014^[4]	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha
2019^[5]	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Anant Pratap Deo	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Anant Pratap Deo	146,265	48.49%	*New*
	BJP	Bhanu Pratap Shahi	1,24,803	41.37%	3.48
	Independent	Rahul Prasad Gupta	5,946	1.97%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Baitha	5,087	1.69%	New
	BSP	Pankaj Kumar	3,744	1.24%	21.03
	Independent	Bisheswar Mehta	2,861	0.95%	New
	Independent	Ram Naresh Yadav	1,827	0.61%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,244	0.41%	0.43
Margin of victory			21,462	7.12%	8.50
Turnout			3,01,643	68.51%	0.98
Registered electors			4,40,321		16.38
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	10.60

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	96,818	37.89%	11.36
	BSP	Sogra Bibi	56,914	22.28%	0.80
	Independent	Anant Pratap Deo	53,050	20.76%	New
	INC	Kedar Prasad Yadav	10,895	4.26%	New
	JVM(P)	Vijay Kumar Keshri	3,876	1.52%	3.82
	LJP	Rekha Choubey	3,625	1.42%	New
	CPI	Rameshwar Prasad Akela	3,565	1.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,163	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			39,904	15.62%	14.36
Turnout			2,55,498	67.53%	0.64
Registered electors			3,78,363		21.68
	BJP gain from NJSM		Swing	10.10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NJSM	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	58,908	27.79%	7.17
	BJP	Anant Pratap Deo	56,247	26.54%	New
	BSP	Tahir Ansari	45,523	21.48%	12.41
	SP	Kedar Prasad Yadav	20,546	9.69%	New
	JVM(P)	Ramchandra Keshri	11,308	5.34%	New
	Rashtriya Mazdoor Kisan Prajatantrik Party	Shashi Kumar Dwivedi	3,366	1.59%	New
	Independent	Lakshman Singh	3,123	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			2,661	1.26%	12.80
Turnout			2,11,953	68.16%	6.13
Registered electors			3,10,943		22.31
	NJSM gain from INC		Swing	6.89

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	54,690	34.68%	14.22
	NJSM	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	32,522	20.62%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Sogara Bibi	20,901	13.25%	New
	BSP	Kedar Prasad Yadav	14,293	9.06%	1.05
	JD(U)	Ramchandra Keshri	11,546	7.32%	New
	RJD	Basant Kumar Yadav	3,026	1.92%	9.17
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Chaubey	2,118	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			22,168	14.06%	10.93
Turnout			1,57,697	62.03%	6.70
Registered electors			2,54,216		12.88
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing	11.09

Overview

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Ramchandra Keshri	38,350	31.70%	*New*
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	29,995	24.79%	New
	RJD	Dr. Md. Yasin Ansari	27,593	22.81%	New
	JD(U)	Giriwar Pandey	9,308	7.69%	New
	BSP	Gopi Chandra Ram	6,148	5.08%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Lakshman Singh	3,262	2.70%	New
	JMM	Surendra Prasad Gupta	1,654	1.37%	New
Margin of victory			8,355	6.91%
Turnout			1,20,977	60.45%
Registered electors			2,03,757
	Samata Party win (new seat)