Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency

Lohardaga
JH-12
Lohardaga ; JH-12
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Assembly constituencies	Mandar; Sisai; Gumla ; Bishunpur; Lohardaga
Established	1957
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Sukhdeo Bhagat
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. Presently this constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency covers the entire Gumla and Lohardaga districts and part of Ranchi district.

Assembly segments

Presently, Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
66	Mandar (ST)	Ranchi	Shilpi Neha Tirkey	INC	INC
67	Sisai (ST)	Gumla	Jiga Susaran Horo	JMM	INC
68	Gumla (ST)		Bhushan Tirkey	JMM	INC
69	Bishunpur (ST)		Chamra Linda	JMM	INC
72	Lohardaga (ST)	Lohardaga	Rameshwar Oraon	INC	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1957	Ignace Beck	Jharkhand Party
1962	David Munzni	Indian National Congress
1967	Kartik Oraon
1971	Kartik Oraon
1977	Laloo Oraon	Janata Party
1980	Kartik Oraon	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Sumati Oraon	Indian National Congress
1989	Sumati Oraon	Indian National Congress
1991	Lalit Oraon	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Lalit Oraon	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Indra Nath Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1999	Dukha Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Rameshwar Oraon	Indian National Congress
2009	Sudarshan Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Sukhdeo Bhagat	Indian National Congress

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Lohardaga^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	483,038	49.95	5.78
	BJP	Samir Oraon	343,900	35.56	9.89
	Independent	Chamra Linda	45,998	4.76	New
	CPI	Mahendra Urav	16,793	1.13	New
	NOTA	None of the above	11,384	1.18
Majority			139,138
Turnout				66.45	0.15
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Lohardaga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	371,595	45.45	−5.27
	INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat	3,61,232	44.18	−5.09
	Jharkhand Party	Deokumar Dhan	19,546	2.39
	Independent	Sanjay Oraon	10,663	1.3
	AITC	Dinesh Oraon	9,643	1.18	−16.99
Majority			10,363	1.27
Turnout			8,18,367	66.30
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Lohardaga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	2,26,666	34.79
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	2,20,177	33.80
	AITC	Chamra Linda	1,18,355	18.17
Majority			6,489	1.00
Turnout			6,51,639	58.23
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Lohardaga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	1,44,628	27.58
	Independent	Chamra Linda	1,36,345	26.00
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	1,29,622	24.72
Majority			8,283	1.59
Turnout			5,24,402	53.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Notes

^ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.
^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Lohardaga". Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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[1] "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Lohardaga-2] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Lohardaga". Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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