Khijri Assembly constituency

For the village in Jharkhand, see Khijri.

Khijri
Constituency No. 62 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
LS constituency	Ranchi
Established	1967
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajesh Kachhap
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Khijri is a Legislative assembly constituency, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^[1] It is in Ranchi district, is a part of the Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency, and is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2000	Sawna Lakra		Indian National Congress
2005	Kariya Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Sawna Lakra		Indian National Congress
2014	Ram Kumar Pahan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Rajesh Kachhap		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khijri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Samundar Pahan			New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khijri ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Kachhap	83,829	38.94%	22.48
	BJP	Ram Kumar Pahan	78,360	36.40%	16.07
	AJSU	Ramdhan Bediya	29,091	13.51%	New
	JVM(P)	Antu Tirkey	6,732	3.13%	New
	Independent	Sarita Tirkey	4,324	2.01%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,571	1.19%	0.36
	CPI(M)	Prafulla Linda	2,269	1.05%	0.46
	Jharkhand Party	Sunil Wilson Kerketta	1,767	0.82%	New
	Lok Jan Vikas Morcha	Sion Tirkey	1,296	0.60%	New
	API	Madan Tuti	1,261	0.59%	New
	Rashtriya Mahila Party	Marcella Xalxo	1,190	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			5,469	2.54%	33.47
Turnout			2,15,267	64.03%	3.40
Registered electors			3,36,222		13.08
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	13.53

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khijri ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kumar Pahan	94,581	52.47%	25.70
	INC	Sundri Devi	29,669	16.46%	12.25
	JMM	Antu Tirkey	22,661	12.57%	11.37
	AITC	Prakash Lakra	5,515	3.06%	New
	SP	Jitnath Bedia	3,312	1.84%	New
	JBSP	Ram Bando	2,850	1.58%	New
	CPI(M)	Shankar Lohra	2,735	1.52%	New
	Independent	Francis Xavier Kachhap	2,500	1.39%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,500	0.83%	New
	Independent	Amrita Kujur	1,495	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			64,912	36.01%	34.07
Turnout			1,80,268	60.63%	8.41
Registered electors			2,97,332		8.26
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	23.76

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khijri ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sawna Lakra	41,172	28.71%	New
	BJP	Ram Kumar Pahan	38,394	26.77%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Amulya Niraj Khalkho	15,387	10.73%	New
	AJSU	Paras Nath Oraon	13,673	9.53%	New
	UGDP	Belas Tirkey	7,147	4.98%	New
	Lok Jan Vikas Morcha	Pushpa Devi	4,190	2.92%	New
	RJD	Sundari Devi	3,313	2.31%	New
	Independent	Bandhana Oraon	2,578	1.80%	New
	Jharkhand Janadikhar Party	Ratan Tirkey	2,134	1.49%	New
	Independent	Arvind Minj	2,047	1.43%	New
	JMM	Sushila Ekka	1,723	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			2,778	1.94%
Turnout			1,43,421	52.22%	52.22
Registered electors			2,74,642		69.02
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khijri ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kariya Munda	46,101
	INC	Sawna Lakra	43,473 #DIV/0!
	UGDP	Amulya Niraj Khalkho	21,345 #DIV/0!		New
	AJSU	Rajendra Prasad Shahi Munda	6,984 #DIV/0!		New
	RJD	Sundari Devi	6,813 #DIV/0!
	Independent	Duti Pahan	3,448 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Pushpa Devi	3,040 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Mahendra Kachhap	2,251 #DIV/0!		New
	BSP	Prabhu Dayal	1,618 #DIV/0!
	Independent	Ajay Oraon	1,598 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Prem Prakash Minz	1,533 #DIV/0!		New
Margin of victory			2,628
Turnout			0	56.74%	56.61
Registered electors			1,62,489		14.44
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Khijri ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sawna Lakra	49,539	46.08%	New
	BJP	Karma Oraon	38,162	35.50%	New
	RJD	Sundari Devi	8,516	7.92%	New
	JMM	Sunil Fakira Kachhap	4,583	4.26%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad Shahi Munda	1,690	1.57%	New
	Independent	Birsa Hembram	1,500	1.40%	New
	Independent	Bishnu Munda	1,190	1.11%	New
	BSP	Saleshwar Phan	986	0.92%	New
	Independent	Karmu Munda	806	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			11,377	10.58%
Turnout			1,07,510	57.57%
Registered electors			1,89,915
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

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. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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