Lohardaga Assembly constituency

Lohardaga
Lohardaga
Constituency No. 72 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga district
Lok Sabha 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]

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Election	Name
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Ignes Kujur	Jharkhand Party
1957	Pritam Kujur	Jharkhand Party
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	Sadhanu Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Sukhdeo Bhagat	Indian National Congress
2009	Kamal Kishore Bhagat	All Jharkhand Students Union
2014	Kamal Kishore Bhagat	All Jharkhand Students Union
2015^	Sukhdeo Bhagat^[3]	Indian National Congress
2019	Rameshwar Oraon
2024	Rameshwar Oraon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	113,507	53.06%	10.38
	AJSU	Neru Shanti Bhagat	78,837	36.85%	13.95
	Independent	Rameshwar Lohra	4,010	1.87%	New
	BAP	Avdhesh Oraon	3,159	1.48%	New
	Independent	Saniya Oraon	2,602	1.22%	New
	JPP	Anil Kumar Bhagat	1,453	0.68%	New
	BSP	Yashpal Bhagat	1,354	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	908	0.42%	1.18
Margin of victory			34,670	16.21%	1.09
Turnout			2,13,940	74.35%	3.36
Registered electors			2,87,746		17.19
	INC hold		Swing	10.38

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
	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
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,799	1.61%	0.23
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	73,859	50.44%	12.03
		Niru Shanti Bhagat	50,571	34.54%	New
	JVM(P)	Bandu Tirkey	16,951	11.58%	8.76
	CPI	Ajmel Oraon	1,529	1.04%	New
	Independent	Ranjit Oraon	859	0.59%	New
	Independent	Biglal Oraon	831	0.57%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,019	1.38%	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

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%	New
	JVM(P)	Anita Minz	4,123	2.81%	New
	Independent	Rameshwar Oraon	2,423	1.65%	New
	BSP	Sunil Kujur	2,372	1.62%	0.27
	Independent	Shishir Toppo	1,687	1.15%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,858	1.27%	New
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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Kamal Kishore Bhagat	35,816	30.72%	26.48
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	35,210	30.20%	6.17
	BJP	Sadhnu Bhagat	28,949	24.83%	4.31
	Independent	Pawan Ekka	3,632	3.12%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	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
Margin of victory			606	0.52%	4.13
Turnout			1,16,575	58.99%	7.72
Registered electors			1,97,610		30.48
	AJSU gain from INC		Swing	6.69

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Lohardaga^[9]
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
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Jagdip Oraon	873	1.81%	New
	BSP	Shivdeo Bhagat	595	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			848	1.76%
Turnout			48,229	33.00%
Registered electors			1,48,651
	BJP win (new seat)