Ghatsila Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in Jharkhand. For 1 its namesake census town, see Ghatshila. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Ghatshila block. For 3 its namesake administrative subdivision, see Ghatshila subdivision.

Ghatsila Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1] Before 2000, this constituency was in Bihar.

Most successful parties after separate Jharkhand state.

1. JMM (60%)
2. INC (20%)
3. BJP (20%)

Ghatsila
Constituency No. 45 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	East Singhbhum
Lok Sabha constituency	Jamshedpur
Established	2000
Total electors	242,798
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramdas Soren
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Overview

According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India, Ghatshila Assembly constituency covers Ghatsila police station and Musabnai police station (excluding Palasbani, Asta Koyali, Nunia, Kumarasol, Barakanjiya, Bomaro Bangoriya and Damudih gram panchayats). It is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribes. Ghatshila (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2] It was unreserved seat in 1957 Bihar assembly elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Ghatsila cum Baharagora constituency
1957	Shishir Kumar Mahato		Jharkhand Party
1962	Basta Soren		Communist Party of India
1967	D. Murmu		Indian National Congress
1969	Yadunath Baskey		Independent
1972	Tika Ram Majhi		Communist Party of India
1977
1980
1985	Karan Chandra Mardi		Indian National Congress
1990	Surya Singh Besra		Independent
1995	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		Indian National Congress
2000
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		Indian National Congress
2009	Ramdas Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014	Laxman Tudu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Ramdas Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ghatsila^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Ramdas Soren	98,356	51.50%	14.14
	BJP	Babu Lal Soren	75,910	39.75%	6.34
	JLKM	Ramdas Murmu	8,092	4.24%	New
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Murmu	1,272	0.67%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,868	1.50%	1.14
Margin of victory			22,446	11.75%	7.80
Turnout			1,90,966	76.30%	6.26
Registered electors			2,50,295		3.09
	JMM hold		Swing	14.14

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ghatsila^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Ramdas Soren	63,531	37.36%	8.84
	BJP	Lakhan Chandra Mardi	56,807	33.41%	0.93
	AJSU	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	31,910	18.77%	New
	Independent	Biswanath Singh	2,293	1.35%	New
	JPP	Surya Singh Besra	2,255	1.33%	New
	CPI	Kanai Murmu	1,868	1.10%	0.43
	JVM(P)	Dr. Sunita Debdoot Soren	1,738	1.02%	0.19
	NOTA	None of the Above	621	0.37%	1.48
Margin of victory			6,724	3.95%	0.01
Turnout			1,70,041	70.03%	0.78
Registered electors			2,42,798		4.02
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	4.88

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ghatsila^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Laxman Tudu	52,506	32.48%	9.96
	JMM	Ramdas Soren	46,103	28.52%	1.67
	INC	Cinderella Balmuchu	36,672	22.69%	6.57
	Independent	Kanhu Samant	12,194	7.54%	New
	CPI	Dulal Chandra Hansda	2,468	1.53%	0.78
	Independent	Bimal Munda	2,003	1.24%	New
	JVM(P)	Gita Murmu	1,953	1.21%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,985	1.85%	New
Margin of victory			6,403	3.96%	3.02
Turnout			1,61,654	69.26%	5.25
Registered electors			2,33,408		17.81
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	2.29

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ghatsila^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Ramdas Soren	38,283	30.19%	New
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	37,091	29.25%	10.70
	BJP	Surya Singh Besra	28,561	22.52%	5.78
	AJSU	Kanhu Samant	10,978	8.66%	3.25
	CPI	Ganesh Chandra Murmu	2,925	2.31%	New
	Independent	Sadhu Munda	2,002	1.58%	New
	Independent	Dukhi Ram Mardi	1,172	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			1,192	0.94%	11.96
Turnout			1,26,804	64.00%	0.43
Registered electors			1,98,121		1.22
	JMM gain from INC		Swing	9.76

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ghatsila^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	50,936	39.95%	9.37
	Independent	Ramdas Soren	34,489	27.05%	New
	BJP	Ramdas Hansda	21,352	16.75%	1.53
	AJSU	Kanhu Samant	15,187	11.91%	New
	Independent	Bimal Kumar Singh	1,937	1.52%	New
	AITC	Govinda Mardi	1,314	1.03%	New
	Independent	Putu Singh	1,184	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			16,447	12.90%	18.14
Turnout			1,27,506	63.57%	4.92
Registered electors			2,00,566		14.55
	INC hold		Swing	9.37

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ghatsila^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	50,645	49.31%	New
	BJP	Baiju Murmu	18,769	18.28%	New
	CPI	Bablu Murmu	16,353	15.92%	New
	JMM	Shankar Chand Hembram	9,891	9.63%	New
	JPP	Kanhu Samant	2,777	2.70%	New
	RJD	Jaipal Manjhi	2,563	2.50%	New
	Independent	Sita Ram Tudu	1,583	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			31,876	31.04%
Turnout			1,02,701	59.47%
Registered electors			1,75,088
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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