Kanke
Constituency No. 65 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
LS constituency	Ranchi
Total electors	415,081
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sammari Lal
Elected year	2019

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kanke^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sammari Lal	111,975	44.04%	11.65
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	89,435	35.17%	8.27
	AJSU	Ramjeet Ganjhu	29,127	11.46%	New
	JVM(P)	Kamlesh Ram	10,391	4.09%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,313	1.30%	0.07
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Nag	1,678	0.66%	New
	LJP	Shankar Prasad	1,549	0.61%	New
	Rashtriya Jaihind Party	Santosh Kumar	1,442	0.57%	New
	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)	Rajan Nayak	1,345	0.53%	New
	BSP	Avadhesh Baitha	1,325	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			22,540	8.86%	19.92
Turnout			2,54,259	61.26%	1.45
Registered electors			4,15,081		19.48
	BJP hold		Swing	11.65

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kanke^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram	115,702	55.69%	24.39
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	55,898	26.90%	1.23
	JMM	Ashok Kumar Nag	17,411	8.38%	2.85
	CPI	Subedar Ram	4,735	2.28%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,851	1.37%	New
	AITC	Niranjan Kalindi	1,968	0.95%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Rajak	1,630	0.78%	New
	Independent	Vijay Ram	1,303	0.63%	New
	Independent	Kamlesh Ram	1,279	0.62%	New
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	Amit Kumar	1,207	0.58%	0.71
	Independent	Ranjeet Bauri	1,070	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			59,804	28.78%	25.62
Turnout			2,07,762	59.81%	16.21
Registered electors			3,47,392		4.77
	BJP hold		Swing	24.39

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kanke^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramchandra Baitha	45,245	31.30%	New
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	40,674	28.14%	New
	JMM	Sammari Lal	16,228	11.23%	New
	Independent	Ramjeet Ganjhu	9,335	6.46%	New
	AJSU	Shanti Devi	9,091	6.29%	New
	Independent	Arjun Kumar Ram	4,559	3.15%	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Dal	Ajay Rajak	3,596	2.49%	New
	RJD	Khuda Ram	2,856	1.98%	New
	Independent	Ratiya Ganjhu	1,959	1.36%	New
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	Vijay Ram	1,872	1.29%	New
	Independent	Nageshwar Choudhary	1,706	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			4,571	3.16%
Turnout			1,44,559	43.60%	43.60
Registered electors			3,31,582		57.89
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kanke^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramchandra Baitha	61,502
	JMM	Sammari Lal	46,443 #DIV/0!
	Independent	Ramjeet Ganjhu	12,521 #DIV/0!		New
	RJD	Ghuran Ram	8,906 #DIV/0!
	Independent	Balram Pradhan	3,985 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Bibhash Chandra Ranjan	3,392 #DIV/0!		New
	BSP	Rijhu Nayak	2,230 #DIV/0!		New
	AJSU	Niranjan Kalindi	2,168 #DIV/0!		New
	UGDP	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram	1,889 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Mahavir Ram	1,643 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Sulekha Devi	1,358 #DIV/0!		New
Margin of victory			15,059
Turnout			0	60.27%	42.05
Registered electors			2,10,012		2.90
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2000