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Assembly constituency 74 · Jharkhand · SC

Latehar is assembly constituency number 74 in Jharkhand, in Latehar district, and one of the segments of the Chatra Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Prakash Ram of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 44.7% of the vote, 434 votes ahead of Baidyanath Ram (JMM).

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Latehar · 2024AC 74
  1. 01
    Prakash Ram
    BJP
    98,062
    44.74%
  2. 02
    Baidyanath Ram
    JMM
    97,628
    44.54%
  3. 03
    Santosh Kumar Paswan
    JLKM
    4,295
    1.96%
  4. 04
    Rakesh Paswan
    Independent
    3,745
    1.71%
  5. 05
    Prakash Kumar Ravi
    BSP
    2,678
    1.22%
  6. 6 other candidates · 8,278 votesNOTA · 4,518 (2.06%)

Margin 434 votes · 0.20% of valid votes

3,08,621
Registered electors
2024 election
71.1%
Turnout
+3.6 pts vs 2019
434
Victory margin
0.2% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,19,204 valid votes, NOTA included.

Latehar 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prakash RamMale · 55 yrs · SCBJP98,062
44.74%
2Baidyanath RamMale · 57 yrs · SCJMM97,628
44.54%
—NOTANOTA4,518
2.06%
3Santosh Kumar PaswanMale · 45 yrs · SCJLKM4,295
1.96%
4Rakesh PaswanMale · 50 yrs · SCIndependent3,745
1.71%
5Prakash Kumar RaviMale · 37 yrs · SCBSP2,678
1.22%
6Shrawan PaswanMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent2,426
1.11%
7Brahamdev RamMale · 34 yrs · SCAPoI2,386
1.09%
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8Lalsu RamMale · 38 yrs · SCBAP1,323
0.60%
9Ravi Kumar PaswanMale · 33 yrs · SCIndependent942
0.43%
10Birendra KumarMale · 32 yrs · SCIndependent718
0.33%
11Shivnath RajakMale · 39 yrs · SCNCP483
0.22%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024BJP 44.7%JMM 44.5%JLKM 2.0%JVM 4.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Baidyanath RamJMM · 42.0% · margin 16,328Turnout67.5%
2024Prakash RamBJP · 44.7% · margin 434Turnout71.1%
2014Prakash RamJVM · 44.5% · margin 26,787Turnout66.2%
2009Baidyanath RamBJP · 32.9% · margin 438Turnout61.2%

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

Latehar result 2019

Latehar 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Baidyanath RamJMM76,507
42.04%
2Prakash RamBJP60,179
33.07%
3Santosh Kumar PaswanIndependent15,985
8.78%
4Aman Kumar BhogtaJVM8,700
4.78%
—NOTANOTA5,503
3.02%
5Sanjay KumarIndependent4,278
2.35%
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6Ramesh GanjhuBSP3,143
1.73%
7Virendra PaswanIndependent1,827
1.00%
8Shravan PaswanIndependent1,818
1.00%
9Tulsi RamHAMS1,800
0.99%
10Amit Kumar TuriIndependent1,210
0.66%
11Fulchand GanjhuJD(U)1,017
0.56%

Latehar result 2014

Latehar 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prakash RamJVM71,189
44.45%
2Brajmohan RamBJP44,402
27.72%
3Mohan GanjhuJMM23,022
14.37%
4Vijay KumarRJD4,916
3.07%
—NOTANOTA4,270
2.67%
5Digambar RamBSP3,806
2.38%
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6Shravan KumarCPI2,751
1.72%
7Tulsi RamJBSP2,219
1.39%
8Juglal ManjhiIndependent2,000
1.25%
9Ashish KumarSP1,594
1.00%

Latehar result 2009

Latehar 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Baidyanath RamBJP34,522
32.86%
2Prakash RamRJD34,084
32.44%
3Ramdeo GanjhuJMM10,076
9.59%
4Suresh RamINC7,865
7.49%
5Ramnath GanjhuIndependent5,999
5.71%
6Ram Ratan BaspatiIndependent3,731
3.55%
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7Yugal Kishor RamBSP3,189
3.04%
8Pardeep GanjhuIndependent1,386
1.32%
9Fulchand GanjhuAJSUP1,217
1.16%
10Anita DeviLJVM1,062
1.01%
11Raju BhuiyaRLD973
0.93%
12Ramsewak BaithaJKP950
0.90%
Map

Latehar 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 Latehar 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

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

  • Kali Charan SinghBJP96,840 47.7%
  • Krishna Nand TripathiINC79,579 39.2%
  • Amit Kumar SinghIndependent5,447 2.7%
  • Arjun KumarCPI2,946 1.5%
  • Dr. Abhishek Kumar SinghIndependent2,722 1.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 17,261 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Latehar assembly seat in 2024?

Prakash Ram of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Latehar in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 98,062 votes, which was 44.74% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Latehar?

The margin was 434 votes (0.20% of valid votes). The runner-up was Baidyanath Ram of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha with 97,628 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Latehar in 2024?

Turnout was 71.06%: 2,19,291 of 3,08,621 registered electors voted, across 358 polling stations. That is 3.6 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Latehar part of?

Latehar is an assembly segment of the Chatra Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kali Charan Singh got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Latehar a reserved constituency?

Yes. Latehar 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 Latehar?

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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