Latehar Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Jharkhand legislative assembly in India

Latehar
Constituency No. 74 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
LS constituency	Chatra
Total electors	269,835
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Baidyanath Ram
Elected year	2019

Latehar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]^[2] And after partition from Bihar, new state Jharkhand came into existence on 15 November 2000 and Latehar Vidhansabha came under Jharkhand.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
2000	Baidyanath Ram	Janata Dal
2005	Prakash Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Baidyanath Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Prakash Ram	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2019^[3]^[4]	Baidyanath Ram	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Latehar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Baidyanath Ram	76,507	42.04%	27.67
	BJP	Prakash Ram	60,179	33.07%	5.35
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Paswan	15,985	8.78%	New
	JVM(P)	Aman Kumar Bhogta	8,700	4.78%	39.66
	NOTA	Nota	5,503	3.02%	0.36
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	4,278	2.35%	New
	BSP	Ramesh Ganjhu	3,143	1.73%	0.65
	Independent	Virendra Paswan	1,827	1.00%	New
	Independent	Shravan Paswan	1,818	1.00%	New
	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	Tulsi Ram	1,800	0.99%	New
	Independent	Amit Kumar Turi	1,210	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			16,328	8.97%	7.75
Turnout			1,81,967	67.44%	1.27
Registered electors			2,69,835		11.47
	JMM gain from JVM(P)		Swing	2.40

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Latehar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Prakash Ram	71,189	44.45%	*New*
	BJP	Brajmohan Ram	44,402	27.72%	5.14
	JMM	Mohan Ganjhu	23,022	14.37%	4.78
	RJD	Vijay Kumar	4,916	3.07%	29.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,270	2.67%	New
	BSP	Digambar Ram	3,806	2.38%	0.66
	CPI	Shravan Kumar	2,751	1.72%	New
	JBSP	Tulsi Ram	2,219	1.39%	New
	Independent	Juglal Manjhi	2,000	1.25%	New
	SP	Ashish Kumar	1,594	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			26,787	16.72%	16.31
Turnout			1,60,170	66.17%	4.96
Registered electors			2,42,068		41.04
	JVM(P) gain from BJP		Swing	11.58

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Latehar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Baidyanath Ram	34,522	32.86%	*New*
	RJD	Prakash Ram	34,084	32.44%	New
	JMM	Ramdeo Ganjhu	10,076	9.59%	New
	INC	Suresh Ram	7,865	7.49%	New
	Independent	Ramnath Ganjhu	5,999	5.71%	New
	Independent	Ram Ratan Baspati	3,731	3.55%	New
	BSP	Yugal Kishor Ram	3,189	3.04%	New
	Independent	Pardeep Ganjhu	1,386	1.32%	New
	AJSU	Fulchand Ganjhu	1,217	1.16%	New
	Lok Jan Vikas Morcha	Anita Devi	1,062	1.01%	New
	RLD	Raju Bhuiya	973	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			438	0.42%
Turnout			1,05,054	61.21%	61.21
Registered electors			1,71,628		28.24
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Latehar^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Prakash Ram	18,819	13.75%	6.24
	JMM	Ramdev Ganjhu	13,421	9.81%	6.94
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Ram	13,040	9.53%	21.65
	Independent	Phulchand Ganjhu	9,411	6.88%	New
	Independent	Shyam Ram	3,441	2.51%	New
	Independent	Ram Sevak Baitha	3,215	2.35%	New
	BSP	Bigu Mochi	1,643	1.20%	0.06
	Independent	Ram Ratan Baspati	1,517	1.11%	New
	Independent	Kanhai Manjhi	1,508	1.10%	New
	Independent	Krishna Paswan	850	0.62%	New
	Independent	Gainda Bhuian	834	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			5,398	3.95%	7.24
Turnout			1,36,824	57.21%	40.54
Registered electors			2,39,166		60.68
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing	17.42

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election : Latehar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Ram	7,734	31.18%	*New*
	RJD	Prakash Ram	4,960	19.99%	New
	BJP	Baljeet Ram	4,518	18.21%	New
	JMM	Ramdeo Ganjhu	4,154	16.75%	New
	INC	Lakshman Prasad Ganjhu	1,802	7.26%	New
	CPI	Shankar Baitha	597	2.41%	New
	Independent	Parra Nayak	483	1.95%	New
	BSP	Rajendra Ram	283	1.14%	New
	NCP	Hari Darshan Ram	229	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			2,774	11.18%
Turnout			24,807	16.97%
Registered electors			1,48,848
	JD(U) win (new seat)

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