Kanke Assembly constituency

Kanke
Constituency No. 65 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranchi
Established	2000
Total electors	415,081
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suresh Kumar Baitha
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Kanke Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^{[1] [2]}

Most successful parties after separate Jharkhand state.

1. BJP (80%)
2. INC (20%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1967: Constituency did not exist
1967	J. N. Choubey		Jan Kranti Dal
1969	Ram Tahal Chaudhary		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977	Hira Ram Toofani		Janata Party
1980	Ram Ratan Ram		Indian National Congress
1985	Hari Ram
1990	Ram Chandra Baitha		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
2000	Ram Chandra Nayak
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Ram Chandra Baitha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram
2019	Sammari Lal
2024	Suresh Kumar Baitha		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	133,499	43.47%	8.30
	BJP	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram	1,32,531	43.16%	0.88
	JLKM	Phuleshwar Baitha	25,965	8.46%	New
	CPI	Santosh Kumar Rajak	3,157	1.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,588	1.17%	0.13
Margin of victory			968	0.32%	8.55
Turnout			3,07,093	63.74%	2.48
Registered electors			4,81,815		16.08
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.57

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sammari Lal	111,975	44.04%	11.65
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	89,435	35.17%	8.27
	AJSU	Ramjeet Ganjhu	29,127	11.46%	New
	JVM(P)	Kamlesh Ram	10,391	4.09%	New
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Nag	1,678	0.66%	New
	LJP	Shankar Prasad	1,549	0.61%	New
	Rashtriya Jaihind Party	Santosh Kumar	1,442	0.57%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,313	1.30%	0.07
Margin of victory			22,540	8.86%	19.92
Turnout			2,54,259	61.26%	1.45
Registered electors			4,15,081		19.48
	BJP hold		Swing	11.65

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram	115,702	55.69%	24.39
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	55,898	26.90%	1.23
	JMM	Ashok Kumar Nag	17,411	8.38%	2.85
	CPI	Subedar Ram	4,735	2.28%	New
	AITC	Niranjan Kalindi	1,968	0.95%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Rajak	1,630	0.78%	New
	Independent	Vijay Ram	1,303	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,851	1.37%	New
Margin of victory			59,804	28.78%	25.62
Turnout			2,07,762	59.81%	16.21
Registered electors			3,47,392		4.77
	BJP hold		Swing	24.39

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramchandra Baitha	45,245	31.30%	17.29
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	40,674	28.14%	New
	JMM	Sammari Lal	16,228	11.23%	25.47
	Independent	Ramjeet Ganjhu	9,335	6.46%	New
	AJSU	Shanti Devi	9,091	6.29%	New
	Independent	Arjun Kumar Ram	4,559	3.15%	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Dal	Ajay Rajak	3,596	2.49%	New
Margin of victory			4,571	3.16%	8.74
Turnout			1,44,559	43.60%	16.67
Registered electors			3,31,582		57.89
	BJP hold		Swing	17.29

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramchandra Baitha	61,502	48.59%	2.41
	JMM	Sammari Lal	46,443	36.69%	31.88
	Independent	Ramjeet Ganjhu	12,521	9.89%	New
	RJD	Ghuran Ram	8,906	7.04%	20.02
	Independent	Balram Pradhan	3,985	3.15%	New
	Independent	Bibhash Chandra Ranjan	3,392	2.68%	New
	BSP	Rijhu Nayak	2,230	2.09%	New
Margin of victory			15,059	11.90%	7.23
Turnout			1,26,575	60.27%	18.22
Registered electors			2,10,012		2.90
	BJP hold		Swing	2.41

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kanke ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Chandra Nayak	41,994	46.18%	New
	RJD	Sammari Lal	24,603	27.05%	New
	INC	Vikram Jai Kishore	11,679	12.84%	New
	JMM	Vindhyachal Ram	4,372	4.81%	New
	NCP	Hari Ram	4,187	4.60%	New
	CPI	Chuni Lal Nayak	2,314	2.54%	New
	SP	Sarjeev Mirdha	649	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			17,391	19.12%
Turnout			90,937	42.52%
Registered electors			2,16,280
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
3. 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.
4. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "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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