Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency

Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. Presently this constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency covers the entire Gumla and Lohardaga districts and part of Ranchi district.

Lohardaga JH-12
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Assembly constituencies	Mandar Sisai Gumla Bishunpur Lohardaga
Established	1957
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sukhdeo Bhagat
Party	INC
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
66	Mandar (ST)	Ranchi	Shilpi Neha Tirkey		INC		INC
67	Sisai (ST)	Gumla	Jiga Susaran Horo		JMM		INC
68	Gumla (ST)		Bhushan Tirkey		JMM		INC
69	Bishunpur (ST)		Chamra Linda		JMM		INC
72	Lohardaga (ST)	Lohardaga	Rameshwar Oraon		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1957	Ignace Beck		Jharkhand Party
1962	David Munzni		Indian National Congress
1967	Kartik Oraon
1971
1977	Laloo Oraon		Janata Party
1980	Kartik Oraon		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Sumati Oraon		Indian National Congress
1989
1991	Lalit Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998	Indra Nath Bhagat		Indian National Congress
1999	Dukha Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Rameshwar Oraon		Indian National Congress
2009	Sudarshan Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Sukhdeo Bhagat		Indian National Congress

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Lohardaga^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	483,038	49.95	5.78
	BJP	Samir Oraon	3,43,900	35.56	9.89
	Independent	Chamra Linda	45,998	4.76	New
	CPI	Mahendra Urav	16,793	1.13	New
	NOTA	None of the above	11,384	1.18
Majority			1,39,138
Turnout			9,71,662	67.09
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Lohardaga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	371,595	45.45	−5.27
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	3,61,232	44.18	−5.09
	Jharkhand Party	Deokumar Dhan	19,546	+2.39
	Independent	Sanjay Oraon	10,663	+1.3
	AITC	Dinesh Oraon	9,643	1.18	−16.99
Majority			10,363	+1.27
Turnout			8,18,367	66.30
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Lohardaga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	2,26,666	34.79
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	2,20,177	33.80
	AITC	Chamra Linda	1,18,355	18.17
Majority			6,489	1.00
Turnout			6,51,639	58.23
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Lohardaga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	1,44,628	27.58
	Independent	Chamra Linda	1,36,345	26.00
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	1,29,622	24.72
Majority			8,283	1.59
Turnout			5,24,402	53.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Lohardaga district
• Gumla district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha