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Chhatarpur
Constituency No. 78 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
LS constituency	Palamu
Established	2000
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pushpa Devi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Chhatarpur is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]

It is located in Palamu district and is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Satyanand Bhogta	101,710	46.41%	25.90
	BJP	Janardan Paswan	77,655	35.44%	2.90
	JD(U)	Kedar Bhuiyan	7,292	3.33%	New
	JVM(P)	Tileshwar Ram	6,703	3.06%	23.97
	NOTA	Nota	6,357	2.90%	1.35
	BSP	Goutam Ravidas	4,645	2.12%	New
	CPI(M)	Naresh Ram Bharti	4,076	1.86%	2.01
	Nagrik Adhikar Party	Kauleshwar Kumar Bhokta	3,654	1.67%	New
	Independent	Krishna Ravidas	3,559	1.62%	New
	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	Sandeep Kumar	3,486	1.59%	New
Margin of victory			24,055	10.98%	0.33
Turnout			2,19,137	58.75%	5.13
Registered electors			3,72,980		9.94
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	8.07

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta	69,745	38.34%	16.50
	JVM(P)	Satyanand Bhogta	49,169	27.03%	New
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	37,320	20.52%	30.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,724	4.25%	New
	CPI(M)	Naresh Ram Bharti	7,041	3.87%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Umesh Bhuiyan	4,192	2.30%	1.27
	ABHM	Sagar Ram	3,672	2.02%	New
	JMM	Manorma Devi	3,041	1.67%	0.02
Margin of victory			20,576	11.31%	17.84
Turnout			1,81,904	53.62%	4.01
Registered electors			3,39,245		27.25
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	12.65

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	67,441	50.99%	15.24
	BJP	Subedar Paswan	28,886	21.84%	17.58
	INC	Sahindra Ram	18,883	14.28%	10.04
	BSP	Krishna Bhuiyan	4,219	3.19%	0.43
	Independent	Sagar Ram	3,347	2.53%	New
	Independent	Mithlesh Kumar	2,943	2.23%	New
	JMM	Suresh Das	2,239	1.69%	New
	Independent	Nandlal Bhuiyan	1,626	1.23%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Pramod Kumar Ram	1,366	1.03%	New
	Independent	Kameshwar Ganjhu	1,314	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			38,555	29.15%	25.48
Turnout			1,32,264	49.61%	0.28
Registered electors			2,66,597		3.00
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	11.57

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Chatra^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyanand Bhogta	50,332	39.42%	5.76
	RJD	Janardan Paswan	45,650	35.75%	0.84
	INC	Sanjay Lal Paswan	5,412	4.24%	8.70
	BSP	Chhunnu Ram	4,623	3.62%	3.01
	LJP	Umesh Singh Bhogta	4,571	3.58%	New
	CPI(M)	Sanjay Kumar Paswan	3,619	2.83%	New
	Independent	Kailash Bhuiyan	3,421	2.68%	New
	Independent	Lakhan Paswan	3,344	2.62%	New
	Independent	Ambika Prasad Singh Bhokta	2,917	2.28%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Choudary	1,835	1.44%	New
	Independent	Tileshwar Ram	1,034	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			4,682	3.67%	4.92
Turnout			1,27,685	49.33%	12.87
Registered electors			2,58,832		24.77
	BJP hold		Swing	5.76

Assembly election 2000