Chatra Assembly constituency

Chatra
Constituency No. 27 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
LS constituency	Chatra
Established	2000
Total electors	372,980
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Janardan Paswan
Elected year	2024

Chatra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Chatra constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
1952	Sukhlal Singh		Indian National Congress
1957	Kamakhya Narain Singh		Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
1962	Keshav Prasad Singh		Swatantra Party
1967			Independent politician
1969	Kamakhya Narain Singh		Janata Party
1972	Tapeshwar Deo		Indian National Congress
1977	S. Ahmad Sabr		Janata Party
1980	Mahesh Ram		Indian National Congress
1985	Mahendra Prakash Singh Bhogta		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990
1995	Janardan Paswan		Janata Dal
2000	Satyanand Bhogta		Bharatiya Janata Party

2000 - present

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

Year	Member	Party
2005	Satyanand Bhogta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Janardan Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Satyanand Bhogta		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2024	Janardan Paswan		Lok Janshakti Party

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP(RV)	Janardan Paswan
	JLKM	Ashok Bharti			New
	RJD	Rashmi Prakash
	CPI(M)	Pun Bhuiyo
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Satyanand Bhogta	101,710	46.41	25.90
	BJP	Janardan Paswan	77,655	35.44	2.90
	JD(U)	Kedar Bhuiyan	7,292	3.33	New
	JVM(P)	Tileshwar Ram	6,703	3.06	23.97
	NOTA	Nota	6,357	2.90	1.35
Margin of victory			24,055	10.98	0.33
Turnout			2,19,137	58.75	5.13
Registered electors			3,72,980		9.94
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	8.07

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta	69,745	38.34	16.50
	JVM(P)	Satyanand Bhogta	49,169	27.03	New
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	37,320	20.52	30.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,724	4.25	New
	CPI(M)	Naresh Ram Bharti	7,041	3.87	New
	CPI(ML)L	Umesh Bhuiyan	4,192	2.30	1.27
	ABHM	Sagar Ram	3,672	2.02	New
	JMM	Manorma Devi	3,041	1.67	0.02
Margin of victory			20,576	11.31	17.84
Turnout			1,81,904	53.62	4.01
Registered electors			3,39,245		27.25
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	12.65

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	67,441	50.99	15.24
	BJP	Subedar Paswan	28,886	21.84	17.58
	INC	Sahindra Ram	18,883	14.28	10.04
	BSP	Krishna Bhuiyan	4,219	3.19	0.43
	Independent	Sagar Ram	3,347	2.53	New
	Independent	Mithlesh Kumar	2,943	2.23	New
	JMM	Suresh Das	2,239	1.69	New
	Independent	Nandlal Bhuiyan	1,626	1.23	New
	CPI(ML)L	Pramod Kumar Ram	1,366	1.03	New
	Independent	Kameshwar Ganjhu	1,314	0.99	New
Margin of victory			38,555	29.15	25.48
Turnout			1,32,264	49.61	0.28
Registered electors			2,66,597		3.00
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	11.57

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyanand Bhogta	50,332	39.42	5.76
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	45,650	35.75	0.84
	INC	Sanjay Lal Paswan	5,412	4.24	8.70
	BSP	Chhunnu Ram	4,623	3.62	3.01
	LJP	Umesh Singh Bhogta	4,571	3.58	New
	CPI(M)	Sanjay Kumar Paswan	3,619	2.83	New
	Independent	Kailash Bhuiyan	3,421	2.68	New
	Independent	Lakhan Paswan	3,344	2.62	New
	Independent	Ambika Prasad Singh Bhokta	2,917	2.28	New
	Independent	Rajendra Choudary	1,835	1.44	New
	Independent	Tileshwar Ram	1,034	0.81	New
Margin of victory			4,682	3.67	4.92
Turnout			1,27,685	49.33	12.87
Registered electors			2,58,832		24.77
	BJP hold		Swing	5.76

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chatra ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyanand Bhogta	34,177	45.18	New
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	27,682	36.59	New
	INC	Badri Ram	9,791	12.94	New
	Independent	Vinesh Das	2,942	3.89	New
	Independent	Bhim Choudhary	588	0.78	New
	BSP	Vinay Paswan	465	0.61	New
Margin of victory			6,495	8.59
Turnout			75,645	37.37
Registered electors			2,07,453
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

• Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India

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