Bhawanathpur Assembly constituency

This article is about the constituency. For other uses, see Bhawana (disambiguation).

Bhawanathpur
Constituency No. 81 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
LS constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Total electors	378,363
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anant Pratap Deo
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Bhawanathpur is one of the 81 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Jharkhand state in eastern India. ^[1]

Overview

Bhawanathpur (constituency number 81) is one of the two Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Garhwa district. It is one of the Assembly segments of the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency along with 5 other segments, namely, Garhwa in this district and Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur and Hussainabad in Palamu district. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	Jadunandan Tiwari [a]		Indian National Congress
	Ramdini Chamar [a]
1962	Shankar Pratap Deo		Swatantra Party
1967			Indian National Congress
1969	Hemendra Pratap		Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Shankar Pratap Deo		Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri		Janata Party
1980	Shankar Pratap Deo		Indian National Congress
1985	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo
1990	Girwar Pandey		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri		Samata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Bhanu Pratap Sahi [2]		All India Forward Bloc
2009	Anant Pratap Deo [3]		Indian National Congress
2014 [4]	Bhanu Pratap Sahi		Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha
2019 [5]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Anant Pratap Deo		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Bhawanathpur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Anant Pratap Deo	146,265	48.49%	New
	BJP	Bhanu Pratap Shahi	1,24,803	41.37%	3.48
	Independent	Rahul Prasad Gupta	5,946	1.97%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Baitha	5,087	1.69%	New
	BSP	Pankaj Kumar	3,744	1.24%	21.03
	Independent	Bisheswar Mehta	2,861	0.95%	New
	Independent	Ram Naresh Yadav	1,827	0.61%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,244	0.41%	0.43
Margin of victory			21,462	7.12%	8.50
Turnout			3,01,643	68.51%	0.98
Registered electors			4,40,321		16.38
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	10.60

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Bhawanathpur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	96,818	37.89%	11.36
	BSP	Sogra Bibi	56,914	22.28%	0.80
	Independent	Anant Pratap Deo	53,050	20.76%	New
	INC	Kedar Prasad Yadav	10,895	4.26%	New
	JVM(P)	Vijay Kumar Keshri	3,876	1.52%	3.82
	LJP	Rekha Choubey	3,625	1.42%	New
	CPI	Rameshwar Prasad Akela	3,565	1.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,163	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			39,904	15.62%	14.36
Turnout			2,55,498	67.53%	0.64
Registered electors			3,78,363		21.68
	BJP gain from NJSM		Swing	10.10

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Bhawanathpur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NJSM	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	58,908	27.79%	7.17
	BJP	Anant Pratap Deo	56,247	26.54%	New
	BSP	Tahir Ansari	45,523	21.48%	12.41
	SP	Kedar Prasad Yadav	20,546	9.69%	New
	JVM(P)	Ramchandra Keshri	11,308	5.34%	New
	Rashtriya Mazdoor Kisan Prajatantrik Party	Shashi Kumar Dwivedi	3,366	1.59%	New
	Independent	Lakshman Singh	3,123	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			2,661	1.26%	12.80
Turnout			2,11,953	68.16%	6.13
Registered electors			3,10,943		22.31
	NJSM gain from INC		Swing	6.89

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Bhawanathpur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	54,690	34.68%	14.22
	NJSM	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	32,522	20.62%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Sogara Bibi	20,901	13.25%	New
	BSP	Kedar Prasad Yadav	14,293	9.06%	1.05
	JD(U)	Ramchandra Keshri	11,546	7.32%	New
	RJD	Basant Kumar Yadav	3,026	1.92%	9.17
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Chaubey	2,118	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			22,168	14.06%	10.93
Turnout			1,57,697	62.03%	6.70
Registered electors			2,54,216		12.88
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing	11.09

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Bhawanathpur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	38,090	23.59%	New
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	33,040	20.46%	4.33
	RJD	Dr. Moh. Yasin Ansari	17,897	11.09%	11.72
	BSP	Dharmendra Pratap Deo	16,325	10.11%	5.03
	BJP	Sharda Mahesh Pratap Deo	8,826	5.47%	New
	SP	Sheo Pujan Yadav	8,006	4.96%	New
	LJP	Giriwar Pandey	7,658	4.74%	New
Margin of victory			5,050	3.13%	3.78
Turnout			1,61,448	55.33%	4.04
Registered electors			2,91,800		43.21
	AIFB gain from Samata Party		Swing	8.11

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election  : Bhawanathpur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Ramchandra Keshri	38,350	31.70%	New
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	29,995	24.79%	New
	RJD	Dr. Md. Yasin Ansari	27,593	22.81%	New
	JD(U)	Giriwar Pandey	9,308	7.69%	New
	BSP	Gopi Chandra Ram	6,148	5.08%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Lakshman Singh	3,262	2.70%	New
	JMM	Surendra Prasad Gupta	1,654	1.37%	New
Margin of victory			8,355	6.91%
Turnout			1,20,977	60.45%
Registered electors			2,03,757
	Samata Party win (new seat)

See also

• Garhwa district
• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Notes

1. Two member constituency

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 173–4.
2. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
3. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
4. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
7. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
8. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
9. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
10. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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