Khunti Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
Assembly constituenciesKharsawan
Tamar
Torpa
Khunti
Simdega
Kolebira
Established1952
ReservationST
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

The Khunti Lok Sabha constituency is one of the fourteen Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to scheduled tribes. This constituency covers all of Khunti and Simdega districts and parts of Ranchi and Seraikela Kharsawan districts.

Assembly segments

The Khunti Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, all of which are reserved for scheduled tribes:[1]

# Name District Member Party
57 Kharsawan (ST) Seraikela Kharsawan Dashrath Gagrai JMM
58 Tamar (ST) Ranchi Vikas Kumar Munda JMM
59 Torpa (ST) Khunti Koche Munda BJP
60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP
70 Simdega (ST) Simdega Bhushan Bara INC
71 Kolebira (ST) Naman Bixal Kongari INC

Members of Parliament

Year Name Party
1962 Jaipal Singh Munda Jharkhand Party
1967
1971 Niral Enem Horo
1977 Kariya Munda Janata Party
1980 Niral Enem Horo Jharkhand Party
1984 Simon Tigga Indian National Congress
1989 Kariya Munda Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004 Sushila Kerketta Indian National Congress
2009 Kariya Munda Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019 Arjun Munda

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arjun Munda 382,638 45.97 +9.48
INC Kali Charan Munda 3,81,193 45.80 +25.87
NOTA None of the Above 21,245 2.55 -0.68
IND. Meenakshi Munda 10,989 1.32 +1.32
Jharkhand Party Ajay Topno 8,838 1.06 -22.93
BSP Indumati Mundu 7,663 0.92 N/A
Majority 1,445 0.17 -12.33
Turnout 8,32,834 69.25
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kariya Munda 2,69,185 36.49
Jharkhand Party Anosh Ekka 1,76,937 23.99
INC Kalicharan Munda 1,47,017 19.93
AJSU Neil Tirkey 27,158 3.68
JVM(P) Basant Kumar Longa 24,514 3.32
NOTA None of the Above 23,816 3.23
Majority 92,248 12.50
Turnout 7,37,611 66.34
BJP hold Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kariya Munda 2,10,214 41.19
INC Neil Tirkey 1,30,039 25.48
Jharkhand Party Nishikant Horo 84,025 16.46
Majority 80,175 15.71
Turnout 5,10,343 52.03
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

External links

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