Simdega Assembly constituency

Simdega
Constituency No. 70 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
LS constituency	Khunti
Established	2000
Total electors	226,151
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhushan Bara
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Simdega Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. ^[1]

Most successful parties after seprate Jharkhand state.

   INC (60%)

   BJP (40%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
1952	Alfred Uraon		Jharkhand Party
1957	Marshal Kullu
1962	Simon Oraon		Janata Party
1967	P. Toppo		Independent politician
1969	Gajadhar Gond		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Simon Tigga		Indian National Congress
1977	Nirmal Kumar Besra		Janata Party
1980			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1990
1995	Neil Tirkey		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000			Indian National Congress
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Neil Tirkey [2]		Indian National Congress
2009	Vimla Pradhan [3]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Bhushan Bara		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Simdega ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhushan Bara	75,392	44.13%	2.67
	BJP	Shradhanand Besra	66,164	38.73%	2.54
	Jharkhand Party	Ireen Ekka	16,700	9.78%	2.42
	Independent	Shanti Bala Kerketta	2,037	1.19%	New
	Independent	Sushil Lakra	1,980	1.16%	New
	JLKM	Suman Kullu	1,800	1.05%	New
	BSP	Anuj Kundeshwar Ram	1,580	0.92%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,839	1.08%	1.53
Margin of victory			9,228	5.40%	5.21
Turnout			1,70,827	70.13%	5.45
Registered electors			2,43,593		7.71
	INC hold		Swing	2.67

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Simdega ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhushan Bara	60,651	41.47%	26.30
	BJP	Shradhanand Besra	60,366	41.27%	7.90
	Jharkhand Party	Rezi Dungdung	10,753	7.35%	23.67
	Rashtriya Sangail Party	Oliver Lakra	2,865	1.96%	New
	JVM(P)	Mohan Baraik	2,137	1.46%	2.13
	Independent	Abraham Minj	1,666	1.14%	New
	JD(U)	Mohan Kachhap	961	0.66%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,819	2.61%	0.59
Margin of victory			285	0.19%	2.16
Turnout			1,46,270	64.68%	1.22
Registered electors			2,26,151		9.69
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.09

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Simdega ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vimla Pradhan	45,343	33.37%	0.20
	Jharkhand Party	Menon Ekka	42,149	31.02%	15.29
	INC	Benjamin Lakra	20,601	15.16%	17.05
	JMM	Neil Tirkey	11,385	8.38%	3.04
	JVM(P)	Deepa Kumari Baraik	4,882	3.59%	New
	Independent	Melani Ekka	1,680	1.24%	New
	Akhil Bhartiya Jharkhand Party	Albinus Kharia	1,554	1.14%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,751	2.02%	New
Margin of victory			3,194	2.35%	1.39
Turnout			1,35,862	65.89%	1.05
Registered electors			2,06,181		15.27
	BJP hold		Swing	0.20

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Simdega ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vimla Pradhan	38,476	33.18%	7.70
	INC	Neil Tirkey	37,363	32.22%	0.65
	Jharkhand Party	Anosh Ekka	18,252	15.74%	New
	JMM	Fujames Dungdung	6,189	5.34%	New
	Gondvana Gantantra Party	Abraham Minj	3,889	3.35%	New
	Independent	Biranjan Bara	2,814	2.43%	New
	Independent	Johan Aind	1,375	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			1,113	0.96%	5.13
Turnout			1,15,975	64.84%	1.79
Registered electors			1,78,863		24.63
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.61

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election  : Simdega ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Neil Tirkey	47,230	31.57%	9.66
	BJP	Nirmal Kumar Besra	38,119	25.48%	13.92
	Independent	Libnus Tete	6,388	4.77%	New
	Independent	Kondeshwar Ram	6,344	4.74%	New
	BSP	Ajit Kiro	5,646	4.21%	New
	UGDP	Arwind Ekka	3,468	2.59%	New
	Independent	Johan Aind	1,816	1.36%	New
Margin of victory			9,111	6.09%	4.26
Turnout			1,49,610	63.05%	14.05
Registered electors			2,37,299		52.11
	INC hold		Swing	9.66

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election  : Simdega ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Niel Tirkey	31,514	41.23%	New
	BJP	Chatur Baraik	30,118	39.40%	New
	RJD	Kondeshwar Ram	6,923	9.06%	New
	Independent	Kishore Ekka	2,651	3.47%	New
	JMM	Arvind Ekka	2,352	3.08%	New
	SP	Turtan Mundu	999	1.31%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Tairas Ekka	614	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			1,396	1.83%
Turnout			76,435	50.24%
Registered electors			1,56,000
	INC 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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