Torpa Assembly constituency

Torpa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2] Paulus Surin of JMM defeated Koche Munda of BJP by just 43 votes in 2014 Assembly Election.

Torpa
Constituency No. 59 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
LS constituency	Khunti
Established	2000
Total electors	181,744
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Koche Munda
Elected year	2019

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2000	Koche Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2009	Paulus Surin		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014
2019	Koche Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Wilson Bhengra			New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Koche Munda	43,482	37.17%	6.44
	JMM	Sudeep Guria	33,852	28.94%	1.83
	Independent	Paulus Surin	19,234	16.44%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Subhas Kongari	6,190	5.29%	12.94
	JVM(P)	Ishwardutt Marshal Mundu	4,910	4.20%	New
	JD(U)	Sudhir Dang	3,560	3.04%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,737	2.34%	1.34
	Independent	Sahdev Chik Badaik	1,907	1.63%	New
	LJP	Abinashi Mundu	1,121	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			9,630	8.23%	8.19
Turnout			1,16,993	64.37%	3.30
Registered electors			1,81,744		6.70
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	6.40

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Paulus Surin	32,003	30.76%	10.02
	BJP	Koche Munda	31,960	30.72%	8.59
	Jharkhand Party	Suman Bhengra	18,966	18.23%	15.37
	INC	Puneet Hemrom	8,242	7.92%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,828	3.68%	New
	Akhil Bhartiya Jharkhand Party	Samrom Topno	3,191	3.07%	New
	AITC	Clementia Hemrom	2,324	2.23%	New
	Independent	Vijay Aind	1,959	1.88%	New
	Rashtriya Jankranti Party	Paulus Dang	1,520	1.46%	New
Margin of victory			43	0.04%	18.61
Turnout			1,04,031	61.08%	1.39
Registered electors			1,70,330		19.99
	JMM hold		Swing	10.02

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Paulus Surin	34,551	40.78%	27.05
	BJP	Koche Munda	18,752	22.13%	13.07
	JVM(P)	Vijay Mundu	16,779	19.81%	New
	Independent	Monren Topno	3,899	4.60%	New
	Independent	Stanislas Kindo	2,911	3.44%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Kulan Patras Aind	2,420	2.86%	22.47
	Independent	Shanti Hemrom	1,355	1.60%	New
	RJD	Cecilia Merwar	828	0.98%	1.30
	Jharkhand Janadikhar Manch	Basant Surin	648	0.76%	New
	UGDP	Ani Bela Guria	607	0.72%	New
	Independent	Marsel Surin	530	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			15,799	18.65%	8.76
Turnout			84,721	59.68%	0.23
Registered electors			1,41,953		2.57
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	5.58

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Koche Munda	28,965	35.21%	2.02
	Jharkhand Party	Niral Enem Horo	20,833	25.32%	New
	JMM	Peter Bage	11,300	13.73%	New
	Independent	Vijay Mundu	9,078	11.03%	New
	Independent	Rajni Kandulna	4,239	5.15%	New
	Independent	Nirmal Hemrom	2,858	3.47%	New
	RJD	Vayalet Kachchhap	1,876	2.28%	1.96
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)	Ajay Munda	1,443	1.75%	New
	AJSU	Ani Bela Guria	1,035	1.26%	New
	JD(S)	Asha Lakra	525	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			8,132	9.88%	5.27
Turnout			82,273	59.45%	4.82
Registered electors			1,38,394		12.65
	BJP hold		Swing	2.02

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Torpa^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Koche Munda	24,986	37.23%	New
	Independent	Niral Enem Horo	21,889	32.62%	New
	INC	Dolly Kandulna	13,674	20.37%	New
	NCP	S. Topno	3,546	5.28%	New
	RJD	David Manjar	2,847	4.24%	New
Margin of victory			3,097	4.61%
Turnout			67,113	55.74%
Registered electors			1,22,854
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

1. "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
3. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
6. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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