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
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

1952 - 2000

Earlier Bhawanathpur constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Year	Name	Party
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	Jadunandan Tiwari [a]		Indian National Congress
	Ramdini Chamar [a]
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

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Election	Member	Party
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhanu Pratap Sahi
	JMM	Anant Pratap Deo
	CPI	Ghanshyam Pathak
	SP	Umendra Kumar Yadav
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur ^[6]

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%	0.66
	AITC	Kanhya Chaubey	3,186	1.25%	New
	JD(U)	Shakuntala Devi	2,666	1.04%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,163	0.85%	New
	SUCI(C)	Ramvinay Vishwakarma	1,813	0.71%	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 Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha		Swing	10.10

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	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
	Independent	Ajay Kumar Singh	1,855	0.88%	New
	CPI	Rameshwar Prasad Akela	1,552	0.73%	New
	Independent	Mithilesh Kumar Pandey	1,546	0.73%	New
	Independent	Surendra Ram	1,467	0.69%	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
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha gain from INC		Swing	6.89

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	54,690	34.68%	New
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	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%	New
	JD(U)	Ramchandra Keshri	11,546	7.32%	New
	RJD	Basant Kumar Yadav	3,026	1.92%	New
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Chaubey	2,118	1.34%	New
	Independent	Ram Kesh Yadav	1,676	1.06%	New
	AJSU	Jay Ram Paswan	1,458	0.92%	New
	Independent	Anil Kumar Pandey	1,383	0.88%	New
	Independent	Mukhtar Ansari	1,289	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			22,168	14.06%
Turnout			1,57,697	62.03%	62.03
Registered electors			2,54,216		12.88
	INC gain from AIFB		Swing

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Bhanu Pratap Sahi	38,090		New
	INC	Anant Pratap Deo	33,040 #DIV/0!
	RJD	Dr. Moh. Yasin Ansari	17,897 #DIV/0!
	BSP	Dharmendra Pratap Deo	16,325 #DIV/0!
	BJP	Sharda Mahesh Pratap Deo	8,826 #DIV/0!		New
	SP	Sheo Pujan Yadav	8,006 #DIV/0!		New
	LJP	Giriwar Pandey	7,658 #DIV/0!		New
	CPI(ML)L	Sogra Biwi	7,379 #DIV/0!
	Independent	Bhagwat Ram	2,995 #DIV/0!		New
	Samata Party	Sidheshwar Lal Agarwal	1,630 #DIV/0!
	NCP	Ghan Shyam Pathak	1,610 #DIV/0!		New
Margin of victory			5,050
Turnout			0	55.33%	59.37
Registered electors			2,91,800		43.21
	AIFB gain from Samata Party		Swing

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanathpur ^[10]

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
	CPI(ML)L	Lakshman Singh	3,262	2.70%	New
	JMM	Surendra Prasad Gupta	1,654	1.37%	New
	Bhartiya Jana Congress (Rashtriya)	Ghanshyam Pathak	1,493	1.23%	New
	Independent	Keshwar Baitha	960	0.79%	New
	Independent	Krishya Ram	775	0.64%	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. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
9. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
10. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

24°23′N83°34′E / 24.39°N 83.57°E / 24.39; 83.57