Simaria Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Jharkhand
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Simaria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1][2] The seat was created ahead of the 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, being carved out of the Hazaribagh seat.[3] Simaria is located in the Chatra Lok Sabha constituency.[3]
| Simaria | |
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| Constituency No. 26 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Chatra |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chatra |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 329,361 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar Legislative Assembly | |||
Before 1977: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1977 | Upendra Nath Das | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ishwari Ram Paswan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Upendra Nath Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Yogendra Nath Baitha | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2005 | Upendra Nath Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | |
| 2014 | Ganesh Ganjhu | ||
| 2019 | Kishun Kumar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024 | Kumar Ujjwal | ||
Assembly election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kumar Ujjwal | 111,906 | 44.47% |  14.22 | |
| JMM | Manoj Kumar Chandra | 1,07,905 | 42.88% | New | |
| JLKM | Jitendra Kumar | 11,164 | 4.44% | New | |
| CPI | Suresh Kumar | 3,809 | 1.51% | New | |
| Independent | Sadanand Bhuiyan | 3,598 | 1.43% | New | |
| BSP | Ramwtar Ram | 2,265 | 0.90% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 6,928 | 2.75% | 1.94 | |
| Margin of victory | 4,001 | 1.59% |  3.82 | ||
| Turnout | 2,51,640 | 66.67% | 5.00 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,77,446 | 14.60 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 14.22 |
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Assembly election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kishun Kumar Das | 61,438 | 30.25% | 2.22 | |
| AJSU | Manoj Kumar Chandra | 50,442 | 24.84% | New | |
| JVM(P) | Ramadev Singh Bhogta | 31,346 | 15.43% | 21.06 | |
| INC | Yogendra Nath Baitha | 27,665 | 13.62% | New | |
| Independent | Niraj Kumar Niraj | 5,552 | 2.73% | New | |
| Independent | Kamlesh Kumar | 4,366 | 2.15% | New | |
| Jharkhand Party | Anand Kumar Bharti | 3,579 | 1.76% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,644 | 0.81% | 3.32 | |
| Margin of victory | 10,996 | 5.41% | 3.05 | ||
| Turnout | 2,03,104 | 61.67% | 0.01 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,29,361 | 9.96 | |||
| BJP gain from JVM(P) | Swing | 6.25 |
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Assembly election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JVM(P) | Ganesh Ganjhu | 67,404 | 36.50% | 10.67 | |
| BJP | Sujeet Kumar Bharati | 51,764 | 28.03% | 8.58 | |
| RJD | Manoj Kumar Chandra | 26,560 | 14.38% | New | |
| JMM | Rajkumari Devi | 6,671 | 3.61% | 16.12 | |
| CPI | Binod Bihari Paswan | 6,636 | 3.59% | 10.03 | |
| Jharkhand Vikas Dal | Sadanand Bhuiyan | 4,629 | 2.51% | New | |
| Independent | Sahdeo Ram | 2,466 | 1.34% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 7,619 | 4.13% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 15,640 | 8.47% | 2.37 | ||
| Turnout | 1,84,693 | 61.66% | 7.91 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,99,532 | 22.26 | |||
| JVM(P) hold | Swing | 10.67 |
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Assembly election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JVM(P) | Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta | 34,007 | 25.82% | New | |
| JMM | Ganesh Ganjhu | 25,982 | 19.73% | 15.98 | |
| BJP | Satyanand Bhogta | 25,613 | 19.45% | 10.74 | |
| CPI | Manoj Kumar Chandra | 17,938 | 13.62% | 9.54 | |
| Independent | Yogendra Nath Baitha | 11,687 | 8.88% | New | |
| Independent | Shanker Rajak | 4,378 | 3.32% | New | |
| AJSU | Kuldeep Ganjhu | 2,940 | 2.23% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,025 | 6.09% | 0.94 | ||
| Turnout | 1,31,684 | 53.75% | 9.03 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,45,001 | 3.82 | |||
| JVM(P) gain from BJP | Swing | 4.37 |
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Assembly election 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Upendra Nath Das | 31,858 | 30.19% | 0.42 | |
| CPI | Ram Chandra Ram | 24,438 | 23.16% | 0.95 | |
| RJD | Yogendra Nath Baitha | 17,859 | 16.92% | 24.45 | |
| BSP | Dineshwar Ram | 7,769 | 7.36% | New | |
| INC | Ishwari Ram Paswan | 5,010 | 4.75% | 0.53 | |
| JMM | Ramtahal Turi | 3,953 | 3.75% | New | |
| Independent | Alias Jai Prakash Singh Bhogta | 3,086 | 2.92% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,420 | 7.03% | 4.57 | ||
| Turnout | 1,05,525 | 44.71% | 18.67 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,35,995 | 28.52 | |||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | 11.19 |
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Assembly election 2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Yogendra Nath Baitha | 19,788 | 41.38% | New | |
| BJP | Upendra Nath Das | 14,239 | 29.77% | New | |
| CPI | Ram Chandra Ram | 11,532 | 24.11% | New | |
| INC | Dr. Nand Kishor Prasad | 2,018 | 4.22% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,549 | 11.60% | |||
| Turnout | 47,824 | 26.55% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,83,625 | ||||
| RJD win (new seat) | |||||