Panki is assembly constituency number 75 in Jharkhand, in Palamu district, and one of the segments of the Chatra Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 35.2% of the vote, 9,796 votes ahead of Devendra Kumar Singh (IND).
- 01Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan MehtaBJP75,99135.19%
- 02Devendra Kumar SinghIndependent66,19530.66%
- 03Lal SurajINC27,44612.71%
- 04Mumtaj Ahmad KhanASPKR22,99010.65%
- 05Binod KumarIndependent6,1212.83%
- 9 other candidates · 13,264 votesNOTA · 3,921 (1.82%)
Margin 9,796 votes · 4.54% of valid votes
All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,15,928 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan MehtaMale · 55 yrs | BJP | 75,991 | 35.19% |
| 2 | Devendra Kumar SinghMale · 35 yrs | Independent | 66,195 | 30.66% |
| 3 | Lal SurajMale · 44 yrs | INC | 27,446 | 12.71% |
| 4 | Mumtaj Ahmad KhanMale · 53 yrs | ASPKR | 22,990 | 10.65% |
| 5 | Binod KumarMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 6,121 | 2.83% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,921 | 1.82% |
| 6 | Jitendra KumarMale · 45 yrs · SC | BSP | 2,702 | 1.25% |
| 7 | Ritesh Kumar GuptaMale · 25 yrs | Independent | 2,189 | 1.01% |
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| 8 | Nagendra KumarMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 2,144 | 0.99% |
| 9 | Vinay SinghMale · 37 yrs | Independent | 1,506 | 0.70% |
| 10 | Onkar NathMale · 44 yrs | JLKM | 1,366 | 0.63% |
| 11 | Sumit Kumar YadavMale · 31 yrs | Independent | 1,062 | 0.49% |
| 12 | Vachan SinghMale · 71 yrs | Independent | 854 | 0.40% |
| 13 | Pankaj Kumar JaiswalMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 797 | 0.37% |
| 14 | Nitesh KumarMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 644 | 0.30% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2019.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Panki bye-election, 16 May 2016
Turnout 63.7% · 1,58,787 of 2,49,380 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devendra Kumar Singh | INC | 56,343 | 35.48% |
| 2 | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | JMM | 52,785 | 33.24% |
| 3 | Lal Suraj | BJP | 36,028 | 22.69% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 4,530 | 2.85% |
| 4 | Kavita Singh | CPI | 3,129 | 1.97% |
| 5 | Mudrika Oraon | Independent | 1,712 | 1.08% |
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| 6 | Bina Bhuiya | Independent | 1,428 | 0.90% |
| 7 | Dhananjay Singh | Independent | 1,371 | 0.86% |
| 8 | Jayram Oraon | BSSP | 776 | 0.49% |
| 9 | Savita Kumari | RSD | 685 | 0.43% |
Panki result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | BJP | 93,184 | 52.38% |
| 2 | Devendra Kumar Singh | INC | 55,994 | 31.47% |
| 3 | Mumtaz Ahmad Khan | Independent | 9,419 | 5.29% |
| 4 | Sumit Kumar Yadav | Independent | 4,243 | 2.39% |
| 5 | Rajan Kumar | Independent | 3,496 | 1.97% |
| 6 | Puranchand Saw | CPI | 2,786 | 1.57% |
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| 7 | Md Alam | BSP | 2,163 | 1.22% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,475 | 0.83% |
| 8 | Kamta Thakur | Independent | 1,352 | 0.76% |
| 9 | Rudra Kumar Shukla | JVM | 893 | 0.50% |
| 10 | Surendra Yadav | TMC | 845 | 0.47% |
| 11 | Sushil Kumar Manglam | JD(U) | 565 | 0.32% |
| 12 | Luwanti Kumari | RTMP | 523 | 0.29% |
| 13 | Ramesh Kumar | BLSP | 335 | 0.19% |
| 14 | Ramdeo Prasad Yadav | LJP | 330 | 0.19% |
| 15 | Bhagalpuri Yadav | DD | 299 | 0.17% |
Panki result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bidesh Singh | INC | 41,175 | 26.23% |
| 2 | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | Independent | 39,180 | 24.96% |
| 3 | Amit Kumar Tiwari | BJP | 29,058 | 18.51% |
| 4 | Lal Suraj | JMM | 22,882 | 14.58% |
| 5 | Paras Thakur | Independent | 3,595 | 2.29% |
| 6 | Jayram Oraon | Independent | 3,110 | 1.98% |
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| 7 | Manajrul Haque | CPI | 2,358 | 1.50% |
| 8 | Kavita Singh | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,810 | 1.15% |
| 9 | Madhu Sudan Tripathy | JVM | 1,800 | 1.15% |
| 10 | Rais Ahmad | SP | 1,617 | 1.03% |
| 11 | Shashi Kant Singh | SSD | 1,514 | 0.96% |
| 12 | Md. Safir Miya | JBSP | 1,501 | 0.96% |
| 13 | Vishwanath Ram | BSP | 1,341 | 0.85% |
| 14 | Lal Prakash | Independent | 1,131 | 0.72% |
| 15 | Alok Kumar Pandey | JKP | 1,068 | 0.68% |
| 16 | Santosh Kumar Jaiswal | Independent | 1,063 | 0.68% |
| 17 | Jagdish Singh | PMS | 845 | 0.54% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 776 | 0.49% |
| 18 | Awdhesh Oraon | JKKP | 639 | 0.41% |
| 19 | Suresh Prasad | Independent | 499 | 0.32% |
Panki result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bidesh Singh | Independent | 38,458 | 34.60% |
| 2 | Madhu Singh | JD(U) | 18,240 | 16.41% |
| 3 | Shashi Bhushan Prakash Mehta | Independent | 11,297 | 10.16% |
| 4 | Keshwar Yadav | RJD | 8,772 | 7.89% |
| 5 | Iftekhar Ahmed Khan | AJSUP | 8,015 | 7.21% |
| 6 | Kavita Singh | CPI(ML)(L) | 6,921 | 6.23% |
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| 7 | Surendra Yadav | JMM | 2,248 | 2.02% |
| 8 | Sajjad Khan | INC | 1,825 | 1.64% |
| 9 | Krishnkant Choubey | BSP | 1,808 | 1.63% |
| 10 | Mukesh Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,529 | 1.38% |
| 11 | Pradeep Rajak | ABMSD | 1,408 | 1.27% |
| 12 | Dhruv N. Singh | Independent | 1,370 | 1.23% |
| 13 | Deonandan Ram | Independent | 1,351 | 1.22% |
| 14 | Kamesh Yadav | NSAM | 1,305 | 1.17% |
| 15 | Ibrar Ahmed Khan | Independent | 1,260 | 1.13% |
| 16 | Suresh Shaw | Independent | 1,253 | 1.13% |
| 17 | Ramchandra Uraon | Independent | 720 | 0.65% |
| 18 | Agrajit Singh | Independent | 548 | 0.49% |
| 19 | Ratnesh Kumar Gupta | SP | 518 | 0.47% |
| 20 | Santosh Kumar Jaiswal | Independent | 504 | 0.45% |
| 21 | Ramdeo Prasad Yadav | JKP | 489 | 0.44% |
| 22 | Ravindra Kumar | Independent | 463 | 0.42% |
| 23 | Sunil Kumar Singh | Independent | 422 | 0.38% |
| 24 | Surendra Yadav | Independent | 415 | 0.37% |
Panki 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 Palamu district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Panki is one of the assembly segments of Chatra. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Chatra candidates.
- Kali Charan SinghBJP1,16,862 59.7%
- Krishna Nand TripathiINC54,193 27.7%
- Amit Kumar SinghIndependent5,024 2.6%
- Arjun PrajapatiIndependent2,667 1.4%
- Arjun KumarCPI2,379 1.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 62,669 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Panki.
Who won the Panki assembly seat in 2024?
Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Panki in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 75,991 votes, which was 35.19% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Panki?
The margin was 9,796 votes (4.54% of valid votes). The runner-up was Devendra Kumar Singh of the Independent with 66,195 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Panki in 2024?
Turnout was 66.12%: 2,16,130 of 3,26,891 registered electors voted, across 326 polling stations. That is 0.8 points lower than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Panki part of?
Panki 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.
Has Panki had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 16 May 2016, Devendra Kumar Singh (Indian National Congress) won by 3,558 votes.
Is Panki a reserved constituency?
No. Panki is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Panki?
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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