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Assembly constituency 72 · Jharkhand · ST

Lohardaga is assembly constituency number 72 in Jharkhand, in Lohardaga district, and one of the segments of the Lohardaga Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Rameshwar Oraon of the Indian National Congress won with 53.1% of the vote, 34,670 votes ahead of Neru Shanti Bhagat (AJSUP).

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Lohardaga · 2024AC 72
  1. 01
    Rameshwar Oraon
    INC
    1,13,507
    53.06%
  2. 02
    Neru Shanti Bhagat
    AJSUP
    78,837
    36.85%
  3. 03
    Rameshwar Lohra
    Independent
    4,010
    1.87%
  4. 04
    Avdhesh Oraon
    BAP
    3,159
    1.48%
  5. 05
    Saniya Oraon
    Independent
    2,602
    1.22%
  6. 12 other candidates · 10,917 votesNOTA · 908 (0.42%)

Margin 34,670 votes · 16.21% of valid votes

2,88,861
Registered electors
2024 election
74.3%
Turnout
+3.1 pts vs 2019
34,670
Victory margin
16.2% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 17 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,13,940 valid votes, NOTA included.

Lohardaga 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rameshwar OraonMale · 77 yrs · STINC1,13,507
53.06%
2Neru Shanti BhagatFemale · 59 yrs · STAJSUP78,837
36.85%
3Rameshwar LohraMale · 48 yrs · STIndependent4,010
1.87%
4Avdhesh OraonMale · 31 yrs · STBAP3,159
1.48%
5Saniya OraonMale · 55 yrs · STIndependent2,602
1.22%
6Anil Kumar BhagatMale · 43 yrs · STJKPP1,453
0.68%
7Yashpal BhagatMale · 48 yrs · STBSP1,354
0.63%
8Kishor OraonMale · 32 yrs · STJLKM1,300
0.61%
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9Soma OraonMale · 41 yrs · STIndependent1,176
0.55%
10Rajesh LohraMale · 38 yrs · STIndependent968
0.45%
—NOTANOTA908
0.42%
11Birendra OraonMale · 54 yrs · STIndependent797
0.37%
12Pawan TiggaMale · 41 yrs · STLKHAP767
0.36%
13Santosh BhagatMale · 29 yrs · STIndependent747
0.35%
14Bihari BhagatMale · 48 yrs · STPPID704
0.33%
15Ramesh OraonMale · 62 yrs · STIndependent656
0.31%
16Rajpati DeviFemale · 34 yrs · STBJJP547
0.26%
17Brij Mohan OraonMale · 76 yrs · STIndependent448
0.21%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2019.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024INC 53.1%AJSUP 36.9%BJP 25.4%JMM 9.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Rameshwar OraonINC · 42.7% · margin 30,150Turnout71.2%
2024Rameshwar OraonINC · 53.1% · margin 34,670Turnout74.3%
2015 byeSukhdeo BhagatINC · 49.8% · margin 23,288Turnout67.4%
2014Kamal Kishore BhagatAJSUP · 38.8% · margin 592Turnout67.8%
2009Kamal Kishor BhagatAJSUP · 30.7% · margin 606Turnout59.0%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Lohardaga bye-election, 14 Dec 2015

Turnout 67.4% · 1,48,449 of 2,20,386 electors voted

Lohardaga bye-election 2015-12-14 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sukhdeo BhagatINC73,859
49.75%
2Niru Shanti BhagatAP50,571
34.07%
3Bandu TirkeyJVM16,951
11.42%
—NOTANOTA2,019
1.36%
4Ajmel OraonCPI1,529
1.03%
5Ranjit OraonIndependent859
0.58%
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6Biglal OraonIndependent831
0.56%
7Deomani OrainIndependent647
0.44%
8Paymal Oaon Alias Yashpal BhagatIndependent613
0.41%
9Neelam OraonIndependent570
0.38%

Lohardaga result 2019

Lohardaga 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rameshwar OraonINC74,380
42.67%
2Sukhdeo BhagatBJP44,230
25.37%
3Neru Shanti BhagatAJSUP39,916
22.90%
4Sadhnu BhagatBTP4,318
2.48%
—NOTANOTA2,799
1.61%
5Pawan TiggaJVM1,661
0.95%
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6Dipak OraonJD(U)1,384
0.79%
7Ekus DhanIndependent1,360
0.78%
8Sharwan Kumar PannaBSP1,310
0.75%
9Ashish OraonIndependent1,174
0.67%
10Ajit Kumar BhagatIndependent991
0.57%
11Sunil KujurIndependent789
0.45%

Lohardaga result 2014

Lohardaga 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kamal Kishore BhagatAJSUP56,920
38.81%
2Sukhdeo BhagatINC56,328
38.41%
3Sukhdeo OraonJMM13,510
9.21%
4Anita MinzJVM4,123
2.81%
5Ramesh OraonIndependent2,423
1.65%
6Sunil KujurBSP2,372
1.62%
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—NOTANOTA1,858
1.27%
7Shishir ToppoIndependent1,687
1.15%
8Rameshwar LohraIndependent1,409
0.96%
9Jaiwanti BhagatIndependent1,285
0.88%
10Ganesh MundaCPI(ML)(L)1,012
0.69%
11Jagdeep BhagatIndependent925
0.63%
12Biglal OraonIndependent866
0.59%
13Ekus DhanIndependent705
0.48%
14Parmeshwar MahliIndependent700
0.48%
15Paymal OraonIndependent534
0.36%

Lohardaga result 2009

Lohardaga 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kamal Kishor BhagatAJSUP35,816
30.73%
2Sukhdeo BhagatINC35,210
30.21%
3Sadhnu BhagatBJP28,949
24.84%
4Pawan EkkaIndependent3,632
3.12%
5Aashamani DeviCPI(ML)(L)2,238
1.92%
6Sura OraonRADP1,632
1.40%
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7Balmukund LohraBSP1,571
1.35%
8Abhay KujurJMM1,389
1.19%
9Vijay Laxmi KhalkhoLTSD1,372
1.18%
10Somnath LakraJKP1,310
1.12%
11Sukhdeo LohraBRSP1,107
0.95%
12Ekus DhanIndependent952
0.82%
13Jatan BhagatRJD757
0.65%
14Jai Prakash BhagatIndependent621
0.53%
Map

Lohardaga outlined in orange among the other Jharkhand seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

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

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

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

  • Sukhdeo BhagatINC97,310 49.7%
  • Samir OraonBJP70,056 35.8%
  • Chamra LindaIndependent12,025 6.1%
  • Mahendra OraonCPI3,142 1.6%
  • Shaniya OraonIndependent1,706 0.9%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 27,254 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Lohardaga assembly seat in 2024?

Rameshwar Oraon of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Lohardaga in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,13,507 votes, which was 53.06% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Lohardaga?

The margin was 34,670 votes (16.21% of valid votes). The runner-up was Neru Shanti Bhagat of the AJSU Party with 78,837 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Lohardaga in 2024?

Turnout was 74.31%: 2,14,664 of 2,88,861 registered electors voted, across 324 polling stations. That is 3.1 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Lohardaga part of?

Lohardaga is an assembly segment of the Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sukhdeo Bhagat got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Lohardaga had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 14 Dec 2015, Sukhdeo Bhagat (Indian National Congress) won by 23,288 votes.

Is Lohardaga a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Lohardaga?

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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