Chhatarpur, Jharkhand Assembly constituency

Chhatarpur
Chhatarpur
Constituency No. 78 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Lok Sabha constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Radha Krishna Kishore
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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Chhatarpur is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]

It is located in Palamu district and is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.^[2]

Year	Name
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Lesliganj cum Chhatarpur constituency
1957-67: Constituency did not exist
1967	Kumbha Narayan Sardar	Sanghata Socialist Party
1969		Sanghata Socialist Party
1972		Indian National Congress
1977	Jorawar Ram	Janata Party
1980	Radha Krishna Kishore	Indian National Congress
1985	Radha Krishna Kishore	Indian National Congress
1990	Laxman Ram	Janata Dal
1995	Radha Krishna Kishore	Indian National Congress
2000	Manoj Kumar	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Radha Krishna Kishore	Janata Dal (United)
2009	Sudha Choudhary	Janata Dal (United)
2014	Radha Krishna Kishore	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Pushpa Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Radha Krishna Kishore	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Radha Krishna Kishore	71,857	36.52%	*New*
	BJP	Pushpa Devi	71,121	36.15%	3.24
	RJD	Vijay Kumar	20,963	10.65%	12.28
	Independent	Sandeep Kumar	6,159	3.13%	New
	Independent	Laxmi Ravi	4,649	2.36%	New
	SP	Mamta Bhuiyan	4,594	2.34%	New
	BSP	Chanchala Devi	4,058	2.06%	1.56
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,026	1.54%	0.15
Margin of victory			736	0.37%	16.08
Turnout			1,96,745	61.52%	0.16
Registered electors			3,19,783		21.17
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pushpa Devi	64,127	39.39%	8.79
	RJD	Vijay Kumar	37,335	22.93%	3.57
	AJSU	Radha Krishna Kishore	16,018	9.84%	New
	JVM(P)	Dharmendra Prakash Badal	15,522	9.53%	3.02
	JD(U)	Sudha Chaudhry	8,794	5.40%	1.65
	BSP	Birendra Kumar Paswan	5,899	3.62%	1.69
	LJP	Shashikant Kumar	2,923	1.80%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,754	1.69%	1.73
Margin of victory			26,792	16.46%	12.36
Turnout			1,62,802	61.69%	2.06
Registered electors			2,63,916		9.93
	BJP hold		Swing	8.79

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Radha Krishna Kishore	43,805	30.60%	*New*
	RJD	Manoj Kumar	37,943	26.50%	New
	JVM(P)	Prabhat Kumar	17,974	12.55%	New
	Independent	Ram Janam Kumar	17,438	12.18%	New
	JD(U)	Sudha Chaudhry	10,096	7.05%	21.18
	BSP	Renu Devi	2,768	1.93%	6.49
	Independent	Murari Bhuiya	2,493	1.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,903	3.42%	New
Margin of victory			5,862	4.09%	6.55
Turnout			1,43,166	59.63%	18.69
Registered electors			2,40,087		7.33
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing	2.37

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sudha Chaudhry	25,854	28.23%	3.10
	JMM	Manoj Kumar	16,108	17.59%	15.65
	INC	Radha Krishna Kishore	15,575	17.01%	13.44
	LJP	Om Prakash Ram	8,093	8.84%	7.55
	BSP	Rampati Ranjan	7,712	8.42%	2.82
	NJSM	Jitendra Kumar	3,246	3.54%	New
	Independent	Suresh Mochi	3,065	3.35%	New
Margin of victory			9,746	10.64%	2.34
Turnout			91,585	40.94%	21.51
Registered electors			2,23,682		10.33
	JD(U) hold		Swing	3.10

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chhatarpur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Manoj Kumar	20,864	30.47%	*New*
	JD(U)	Sumitra Paswan	14,699	21.47%	New
	INC	Radha Krishna Kishore	14,038	20.50%	New
	BSP	Shatrughan Kumar Shatru	5,171	7.55%	New
	JMM	Ganesh Ram	2,855	4.17%	New
	CPI	Jagadish Ran	2,746	4.01%	New
	BJP	Jawahar Paswan	1,676	2.45%	New
Margin of victory			6,165	9.00%
Turnout			68,475	46.33%
Registered electors			1,52,709
	RJD win (new seat)