Khunti Assembly constituency

Khunti
Constituency No. 60 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
LS constituency	Khunti
Established	2000
Total electors	211,074
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ram Surya Munda
Party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Elected year	2024

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Lucas Munda		Jharkhand Party
1957	Bir Singh Munda
1962	Phulchand Kachchap		Janata Party
1967	Tiru Muchirai Munda		Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977	Khudia Pahan		Janata Party
1980	Samu Pahan		Indian National Congress
1985	Sushila Kerketta
1990
1995
2000	Nilkanth Singh Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Nilkanth Singh Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024	Ram Surya Munda		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khunti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLKM	B. Anil Kumar			New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khunti ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilkanth Singh Munda	59,198	44.71%	5.70
	JMM	Sushil Pahan	32,871	24.83%	3.66
	JVM(P)	Dayamani Barla	20,726	15.66%	12.44
	Independent	Masih Charan Munda	6,964	5.26%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,785	2.86%	0.05
	Independent	Pastar Sanjay Kumar Tirkey	1,653	1.25%	New
	Bhartiya Tribal Party	Meenakshi Munda	1,623	1.23%	New
	BSP	Soma Kaitha	1,579	1.19%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Ram Surya Munda	1,385	1.05%	7.67
	API	Kalyan Nag	998	0.75%	New
	JD(U)	Shyam Sundar Kachhap	912	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			26,327	19.89%	2.04
Turnout			1,32,392	62.72%	0.62
Registered electors			2,11,074		10.90
	BJP hold		Swing	5.70

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khunti ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilkanth Singh Munda	47,032	39.01%	5.27
	JMM	Jidan Horo	25,517	21.16%	12.12
	INC	Pushpa Surin	17,544	14.55%	6.61
	Jharkhand Party	Jura Pahan	10,504	8.71%	7.50
	JVM(P)	Jakariyas Tiru	3,874	3.21%	New
	SP	Madiray Munda	3,660	3.04%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,512	2.91%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Ram Shankar Oreya	2,450	2.03%	1.28
	Independent	Jaitun Tuti	1,360	1.13%	New
	Independent	Jitendra Manki Alias Jitendra Prasad Manki	1,212	1.01%	New
	BMP	Snehlata Kandulna	1,206	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			21,515	17.84%	17.39
Turnout			1,20,566	63.34%	6.29
Registered electors			1,90,333		14.26
	BJP hold		Swing	5.27

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khunti ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilkanth Singh Munda	32,067	33.74%	12.02
	JMM	Masi Charan Munda	31,631	33.28%	New
	INC	Roshan Kumar Surin	20,116	21.17%	8.14
	RJD	Chonhas Khalkho	2,438	2.57%	New
	Independent	Sudarshan Sanga	2,164	2.28%	New
	BSP	Marshal Barla	1,649	1.74%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Dasay Munda	1,155	1.22%	10.56
	Independent	Chandra Prabhat Munda	869	0.91%	New
	Independent	Damu Munda	841	0.88%	New
	AJSU	Basanti Munda	723	0.76%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Roton Munda	716	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			436	0.46%	15.99
Turnout			95,043	57.05%	5.63
Registered electors			1,66,586		9.43
	BJP hold		Swing	12.02

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Khunti ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilkanth Singh Munda	43,663	45.76%	0.87
	INC	Roshan Kumar Surin	27,963	29.30%	6.34
	Jharkhand Party	Alistair Bodra	11,240	11.78%	3.23
	Independent	Shyam Sundar Kachhap	3,109	3.26%	New
	Independent	Manjula Oraon	2,788 #DIV/0!		New
	BSP	Baijnath Singh Munda	1,585 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Vijay Singh Munda	821 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Sheela Kacchap	756 #DIV/0!		New
Margin of victory			15,700	16.45%	5.47
Turnout			95,423	62.68%	7.16
Registered electors			1,52,237		16.51
	BJP hold		Swing	0.87

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Khunti ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilkanth Singh Munda	33,828	46.63%	New
	INC	Sushila Kerketta	25,857	35.64%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Sanatan Kandir	10,886	15.01%	New
	RJD	Folen Kujur	1,740	2.40%	New
Margin of victory			7,971	10.99%
Turnout			72,547	56.52%
Registered electors			1,30,663
	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. "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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