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Assembly constituency 65 · Jharkhand · SC

Kanke is assembly constituency number 65 in Jharkhand, in Ranchi district, and one of the segments of the Ranchi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Suresh Kumar Baitha of the Indian National Congress won with 43.5% of the vote, 968 votes ahead of Dr. Jitu Charan Ram (BJP).

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Kanke · 2024AC 65
  1. 01
    Suresh Kumar Baitha
    INC
    1,33,499
    43.47%
  2. 02
    Dr. Jitu Charan Ram
    BJP
    1,32,531
    43.16%
  3. 03
    Phuleshwar Baitha
    JLKM
    25,965
    8.46%
  4. 04
    Santosh Kumar Rajak
    CPI
    3,157
    1.03%
  5. 05
    Seema Ray
    Independent
    1,536
    0.50%
  6. 8 other candidates · 6,817 votesNOTA · 3,588 (1.17%)

Margin 968 votes · 0.32% of valid votes

4,82,834
Registered electors
2024 election
63.6%
Turnout
+2.4 pts vs 2019
968
Victory margin
0.3% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 3,07,093 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kanke 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Suresh Kumar BaithaMale · 49 yrs · SCINC1,33,499
43.47%
2Dr. Jitu Charan RamMale · 54 yrs · SCBJP1,32,531
43.16%
3Phuleshwar BaithaMale · 27 yrs · SCJLKM25,965
8.46%
—NOTANOTA3,588
1.17%
4Santosh Kumar RajakMale · 33 yrs · SCCPI3,157
1.03%
5Seema RayFemale · 56 yrs · SCIndependent1,536
0.50%
6Deepshikha KumariFemale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent1,452
0.47%
7Ajit Ku RaviMale · 46 yrs · SCRTORP1,204
0.39%
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8Surendra Mirdha Alias Suren Kumar KalindiMale · 50 yrs · SCSP945
0.31%
9Ashok Kumar NagMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent870
0.28%
10Madhusudan KumarMale · 58 yrs · SCASPKR694
0.23%
11Anil Kumar PaswanMale · 30 yrs · SCJKP682
0.22%
12Mukul NayakMale · 47 yrs · SCLKHAP490
0.16%
13Rajan NayakMale · 37 yrs · SCPPID480
0.16%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2019, INC in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024INC 43.5%BJP 43.2%JLKM 8.5%AJSUP 11.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Suresh Kumar BaithaINC · 43.5% · margin 968Turnout63.6%
2014Dr. Jitu Charan RamBJP · 55.7% · margin 59,804Turnout59.8%
2009Ramchandra BaithaBJP · 31.3% · margin 4,571Turnout43.6%
2019Sammari LalBJP · 44.0% · margin 22,540Turnout61.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kanke result 2019

Kanke 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sammari LalBJP1,11,975
44.04%
2Suresh Kumar BaithaINC89,435
35.17%
3Ramjeet GanjhuAJSUP29,127
11.46%
4Kamlesh RamJVM10,391
4.09%
—NOTANOTA3,313
1.30%
5Ashok Kumar NagJD(U)1,678
0.66%
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6Shankar PrasadLJP1,549
0.61%
7Santosh KumarRTJHPR1,442
0.57%
8Rajan NayakPPID1,345
0.53%
9Avadhesh BaithaBSP1,325
0.52%
10Surendra MirdhaLJVM966
0.38%
11Ashish KumarRRP867
0.34%
12Arti Kumari NayakCPI(M)846
0.33%

Kanke result 2014

Kanke 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Jitu Charan RamBJP1,15,702
55.73%
2Suresh Kumar BaithaINC55,898
26.92%
3Ashok Kumar NagJMM17,411
8.39%
4Subedar RamCPI4,735
2.28%
—NOTANOTA2,851
1.37%
5Niranjan KalindiTMC1,968
0.95%
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6Rajesh RajakIndependent1,630
0.79%
7Vijay RamIndependent1,303
0.63%
8Kamlesh RamIndependent1,279
0.62%
9Amit KumarNSAM1,207
0.58%
10Ranjeet BauriIndependent1,070
0.52%
11Avadhesh BaithaIndependent869
0.42%
12Bajrang BaithaSP706
0.34%
13Dhanraj KumarCPI(M)560
0.27%
14Chandra RashmiSAP434
0.21%

Kanke result 2009

Kanke 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ramchandra BaithaBJP45,245
31.30%
2Suresh BaithaINC40,674
28.14%
3Samri LalJMM16,228
11.23%
4Ramjit GanjhuIndependent9,335
6.46%
5Shanti DeviAJSUP9,091
6.29%
6Arjun Kumar RamIndependent4,559
3.15%
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7Ajay RajakABMSD3,596
2.49%
8Khuda RamRJD2,856
1.98%
9Ratiya GanjhuIndependent1,959
1.36%
10Vijay RamNSAM1,872
1.29%
11Nageshwar ChoudharyIndependent1,706
1.18%
12Nandlal NayakJHJAP1,423
0.98%
13Vijay Shankar NayakBSP1,120
0.77%
14Vijay Kr. RajakJHJAM930
0.64%
15Raj Kishor RaviIndependent827
0.57%
16Shiv Tahal NayakIndependent809
0.56%
17Nirasho KumariIndependent702
0.49%
18Pratima KumariSVKP567
0.39%
19Lal Babu RajakIndependent535
0.37%
20Ram Narain RamaJKP525
0.36%
Map

Kanke 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 Ranchi district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

JMMBJPINCRJDCPI(ML)(L)AJSUPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kanke is one of the assembly segments of Ranchi. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Ranchi candidates.

  • Sanjay SethBJP1,39,164 47.3%
  • Yashaswini SahayINC1,19,271 40.5%
  • Devendra Nath MahtoIndependent17,246 5.9%
  • Soma SinghJMBP2,053 0.7%
  • Nipu SinghRJANSWP1,123 0.4%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 19,893 EVM votes.

Open Ranchi Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kanke.

Who won the Kanke assembly seat in 2024?

Suresh Kumar Baitha of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Kanke in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,33,499 votes, which was 43.47% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kanke?

The margin was 968 votes (0.32% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dr. Jitu Charan Ram of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 1,32,531 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kanke in 2024?

Turnout was 63.65%: 3,07,306 of 4,82,834 registered electors voted, across 482 polling stations. That is 2.4 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kanke part of?

Kanke is an assembly segment of the Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sanjay Seth got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kanke a reserved constituency?

Yes. Kanke is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Kanke?

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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