Bhawanathpur is assembly constituency number 81 in Jharkhand, in Garhwa district, and one of the segments of the Palamu Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Anant Pratap Deo of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won with 48.5% of the vote, 21,462 votes ahead of Bhanu Pratap Shahi (BJP).
- 01Anant Pratap DeoJMM1,46,26548.49%
- 02Bhanu Pratap ShahiBJP1,24,80341.37%
- 03Rahul Prasad GuptaIndependent5,9461.97%
- 04Rajesh BaithaIndependent5,0871.69%
- 05Pankaj KumarBSP3,7441.24%
- 12 other candidates · 14,554 votesNOTA · 1,244 (0.41%)
Margin 21,462 votes · 7.12% of valid votes
All 17 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 3,01,643 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anant Pratap DeoMale · 53 yrs | JMM | 1,46,265 | 48.49% |
| 2 | Bhanu Pratap ShahiMale · 49 yrs | BJP | 1,24,803 | 41.37% |
| 3 | Rahul Prasad GuptaMale · 28 yrs | Independent | 5,946 | 1.97% |
| 4 | Rajesh BaithaMale · 35 yrs · SC | Independent | 5,087 | 1.69% |
| 5 | Pankaj KumarMale · 39 yrs | BSP | 3,744 | 1.24% |
| 6 | Bisheswar MehtaMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 2,861 | 0.95% |
| 7 | Ajay Kumar SinghMale · 69 yrs | SUCI | 1,991 | 0.66% |
| 8 | Ram Naresh YadavMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 1,827 | 0.61% |
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| 9 | Ghan Shyam PathakMale · 54 yrs | CPI | 1,812 | 0.60% |
| 10 | Yusuf AnsariMale · 25 yrs | Independent | 1,452 | 0.48% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,244 | 0.41% |
| 11 | Nandlal RamMale · 28 yrs · SC | PPID | 806 | 0.27% |
| 12 | Jayram PaswanMale · 45 yrs · SC | LKHAP | 753 | 0.25% |
| 13 | Barun BihariMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 698 | 0.23% |
| 14 | Raushan KumarMale · 28 yrs | ASPKR | 672 | 0.22% |
| 15 | Devendra Kumar PrajapatiMale · 37 yrs | Independent | 604 | 0.20% |
| 16 | Aditya Kumar GuptaMale · 26 yrs | AIFB | 570 | 0.19% |
| 17 | Umendra Kumar YadavMale · 54 yrs | SP | 508 | 0.17% |
The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2019, JMM in 2024.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Bhawanathpur result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhanu Pratap Shahi | BJP | 96,818 | 37.89% |
| 2 | Sogra Bibi | BSP | 56,914 | 22.28% |
| 3 | Anant Pratap Deo | Independent | 53,050 | 20.76% |
| 4 | Kedar Prasad Yadav | INC | 10,895 | 4.26% |
| 5 | Vijay Kumar Keshri | JVM | 3,876 | 1.52% |
| 6 | Rekha Choubey | LJP | 3,625 | 1.42% |
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| 7 | Rameshwar Prasad Akela | CPI | 3,565 | 1.40% |
| 8 | Kanhya Chaubey | TMC | 3,186 | 1.25% |
| 9 | Shakuntala Devi | JD(U) | 2,666 | 1.04% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,163 | 0.85% |
| 10 | Ramvinay Vishwakarma | SUCI(C) | 1,813 | 0.71% |
| 11 | Arundev Kumar Gupta | Independent | 1,683 | 0.66% |
| 12 | Shanker Priya Ram | Independent | 1,580 | 0.62% |
| 13 | Bhanu Ram | Independent | 1,486 | 0.58% |
| 14 | Abhay Kumar Pandey | Independent | 1,256 | 0.49% |
| 15 | Munna Prasad | JP | 1,235 | 0.48% |
| 16 | Barun Bihari | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,086 | 0.43% |
| 17 | Anup Kumar Tiwari | SP | 1,031 | 0.40% |
| 18 | Lavkush Prajapati | VPI | 964 | 0.38% |
| 19 | Manish Kumar | Independent | 942 | 0.37% |
| 20 | Rajendra Paswan | AAP | 932 | 0.36% |
| 21 | Ram Naresh Yadav | Independent | 866 | 0.34% |
| 22 | Ekbal Singh | CPI(M) | 744 | 0.29% |
| 23 | Nityanand Pathak | JRJP | 619 | 0.24% |
| 24 | Rupesh Kumar | Independent | 553 | 0.22% |
| 25 | Shiv Kumar Uraon | Independent | 541 | 0.21% |
| 26 | Kishun Ram | Independent | 540 | 0.21% |
| 27 | Ram Lal Dinkar | Independent | 523 | 0.20% |
| 28 | Priyanka Devi | Independent | 346 | 0.14% |
Bhawanathpur result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhanu Pratap Shahi | NSAM | 58,908 | 27.80% |
| 2 | Anant Pratap Deo | BJP | 56,247 | 26.54% |
| 3 | Tahir Ansari | BSP | 45,523 | 21.48% |
| 4 | Kedar Prasad Yadav | SP | 20,546 | 9.70% |
| 5 | Ramchandra Keshri | JVM | 11,308 | 5.34% |
| 6 | Shashi Kumar Dwivedi | RMKPP | 3,366 | 1.59% |
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| 7 | Lakshman Singh | Independent | 3,123 | 1.47% |
| 8 | Ajay Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,855 | 0.88% |
| 9 | Rameshwar Prasad Akela | CPI | 1,552 | 0.73% |
| 10 | Mithilesh Kumar Pandey | Independent | 1,546 | 0.73% |
| 11 | Surendra Ram | Independent | 1,467 | 0.69% |
| 12 | Bhanu Ram | Independent | 1,215 | 0.57% |
| 13 | Vijay Laxmi Devi | JMM | 1,012 | 0.48% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 997 | 0.47% |
| 14 | Gaya Ram | Independent | 980 | 0.46% |
| 15 | Kameshwar Mistry | CPI(ML)(L) | 913 | 0.43% |
| 16 | Kishun Ram | Independent | 770 | 0.36% |
| 17 | Chandra Deo Prasad | Independent | 576 | 0.27% |
Bhawanathpur result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anant Pratap Deo | INC | 54,690 | 34.68% |
| 2 | Bhanu Pratap Shahi | NSAM | 32,522 | 20.62% |
| 3 | Sogara Bibi | CPI(ML)(L) | 20,901 | 13.25% |
| 4 | Kedar Prasad Yadav | BSP | 14,293 | 9.06% |
| 5 | Ramchandra Keshri | JD(U) | 11,546 | 7.32% |
| 6 | Basant Kumar Yadav | RJD | 3,026 | 1.92% |
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| 7 | Rakesh Kumar Chaubey | Independent | 2,118 | 1.34% |
| 8 | Ram Kesh Yadav | Independent | 1,676 | 1.06% |
| 9 | Jay Ram Paswan | AJSUP | 1,458 | 0.92% |
| 10 | Anil Kumar Pandey | Independent | 1,383 | 0.88% |
| 11 | Mukhtar Ansari | Independent | 1,289 | 0.82% |
| 12 | Jagdish Paswan | Independent | 1,272 | 0.81% |
| 13 | Ghanshyam Pathak | Independent | 1,236 | 0.78% |
| 14 | Satan Ram | Independent | 1,191 | 0.76% |
| 15 | Ramadhar Ram | Independent | 1,074 | 0.68% |
| 16 | Sumer Ram | Independent | 1,056 | 0.67% |
| 17 | Shambhu Ram | Independent | 1,048 | 0.66% |
| 18 | Uday Ram | Independent | 1,047 | 0.66% |
| 19 | Vidya Ram | Independent | 981 | 0.62% |
| 20 | Gaya Ram | Independent | 964 | 0.61% |
| 21 | Buddhanath Ram | Independent | 792 | 0.50% |
| 22 | Bhanu Ram | Independent | 643 | 0.41% |
| 23 | Satyendra Ram | Independent | 547 | 0.35% |
| 24 | Ram Chandra Ram | Independent | 525 | 0.33% |
| 25 | Ram Pyre Ram | Independent | 419 | 0.27% |
Bhawanathpur outlined in orange among the other Jharkhand seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Garhwa district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Bhawanathpur is one of the assembly segments of Palamu. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Palamu candidates.
- Vishnu Dayal RamBJP1,53,075 55.7%
- Mamta BhuiyanRJD98,964 36.0%
- Kameshwar BaithaBSP6,191 2.3%
- Ganesh RaviIndependent3,844 1.4%
- Sanan RamLKHAP3,834 1.4%
In the assembly election JMM won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 54,111 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bhawanathpur.
Who won the Bhawanathpur assembly seat in 2024?
Anant Pratap Deo of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won Bhawanathpur in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,46,265 votes, which was 48.49% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Bhawanathpur?
The margin was 21,462 votes (7.12% of valid votes). The runner-up was Bhanu Pratap Shahi of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 1,24,803 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Bhawanathpur in 2024?
Turnout was 68.46%: 3,01,724 of 4,40,722 registered electors voted, across 502 polling stations. That is 0.9 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bhawanathpur part of?
Bhawanathpur is an assembly segment of the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vishnu Dayal Ram got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Bhawanathpur a reserved constituency?
No. Bhawanathpur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Bhawanathpur?
The Jharkhand assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Jharkhand assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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