Panki Assembly constituency

Panki Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2] Panki city is situated on Daltonganj to Balumath State highway, in the district Palamu Jharkhand.

Panki
Constituency No. 75 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu district
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1962: Constituency did not exist
1962	Lal Jagdhatri Nath Shah Deo		Swatantra Party
1967	Ramdeo Ram		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969
1972	Naldeo Ram		Indian National Congress
1977	Mohan Singh		Janata Party
1980	Sankteshwar Singh		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Madhu Singh		Independent politician
1995	Sankteshwar Singh
2000	Madhu Singh		Samata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Bidesh Singh[a]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009			Independent politician
2014			Indian National Congress
2016^[3]	Devendra Kumar Singh
2019	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta		Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

1. Bidesh Singh died of cardiac arrest on 28 March 2016.

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Panki^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	75,991	35.19%	17.19
	Independent	Devendra Kumar Singh	66,195	30.66%	New
	INC	Lal Suraj	27,446	12.71%	18.76
	ASP(KR)	Mumtaj Ahmad Khan	22,990	10.65%	New
	Independent	Binod Kumar	6,121	2.83%	New
	BSP	Jitendra Kumar	2,702	1.25%	0.04
	Independent	Ritesh Kumar Gupta	2,189	1.01%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,921	1.82%	0.99
Margin of victory			9,796	4.54%	16.37
Turnout			2,15,928	66.18%	0.46
Registered electors			3,26,288		22.22
	BJP hold		Swing	17.19

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Panki^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	93,184	52.38%	29.02
	INC	Devendra Kumar Singh	55,994	31.47%	5.05
	Independent	Mumtaz Ahmad Khan	9,419	5.29%	New
	Independent	Sumit Kumar Yadav	4,243	2.39%	New
	Independent	Rajan Kumar	3,496	1.97%	New
	CPI	Puranchand Saw	2,786	1.57%	0.46
	BSP	Md. Alam	2,163	1.22%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,475	0.83%	2.11
Margin of victory			37,190	20.90%	18.60
Turnout			1,77,902	66.64%	4.78
Registered electors			2,66,961		7.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	15.85

Assembly by-election 2016

2016 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Panki^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Devendra Kumar Singh	56,343	36.53%	10.32
	JMM	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	52,785	34.22%	19.66
	BJP	Lal Suraj	36,028	23.36%	4.86
	CPI	Kavita Singh	3,129	2.03%	0.53
	Independent	Mudrika Oraon	1,712	1.11%	New
	Independent	Bina Bhuiya	1,428	0.93%	New
	Independent	Dhananjay Singh	1,371	0.89%	New
	NOTA	Nota	4,530	2.94%	New
Margin of victory			3,558	2.31%	1.04
Turnout			1,54,257	63.67%	3.46
Registered electors			2,49,380		3.66
	INC hold		Swing	10.32

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Panki^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bidesh Singh	41,175	26.20%	New
	Independent	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	39,180	24.93%	New
	BJP	Amit Kumar Tiwari	29,058	18.49%	New
	JMM	Lal Suraj	22,882	14.56%	12.54
	Independent	Paras Thakur	3,595	2.29%	New
	Independent	Jayram Oraon	3,110	1.98%	New
	CPI	Manajrul Haque	2,358	1.50%	New
Margin of victory			1,995	1.27%	16.92
Turnout			1,57,148	65.32%	6.68
Registered electors			2,40,584		26.93
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	8.40

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Panki^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bidesh Singh	38,458	34.60%	New
	JD(U)	Madhu Singh	18,240	16.41%	12.83
	Independent	Shashi Bhushan Prakash Mehta	11,297	10.16%	New
	RJD	Keshwar Yadav	8,772	7.89%	23.50
	AJSU	Iftekhar Ahmed Khan	8,015	7.21%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Kavita Singh	6,921	6.23%	10.37
	JMM	Surendra Yadav	2,248	2.02%	1.20
Margin of victory			20,218	18.19%	3.40
Turnout			1,11,140	58.64%	1.58
Registered electors			1,89,543		21.70
	Independent gain from RJD		Swing	3.21

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Panki^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Bidesh Singh	43,350	31.39%	24.70
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Vishwanath Singh	22,928	16.60%	7.04
	Independent	Madhu Singh	16,729	12.11%	New
	JD(U)	Ramdeo Prasad Yadav	4,943	3.58%	New
	JMM	Ishwari Prasad	4,447	3.22%	New
	BSP	Rajdeo Ravidas	2,741	1.98%	5.44
	LJSP	Shashi Bhushan Prakash Mehta	2,591	1.88%	New
Margin of victory			20,422	14.79%	14.73
Turnout			1,38,102	57.05%	12.62
Registered electors			2,42,063		55.77
	RJD gain from Samata Party		Swing	6.63

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Panki^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Madhu Singh	17,095	24.76%	New
	Independent	Videsh Singh	17,058	24.70%	New
	INC	Sankateshwar Singh	7,205	10.43%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Vishwanath Singh	6,601	9.56%	New
	BSP	Ganesh Mahato	5,129	7.43%	New
	RJD	Paramdeo Singh	4,622	6.69%	New
	Independent	Md. Alam	4,250	6.16%	New
Margin of victory			37	0.05%
Turnout			69,047	45.67%
Registered electors			1,55,397
	Samata Party win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of states of India by type of legislature
• Panki, Jharkhand
• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly