Baharagora Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in Jharkhand. For its namesake community development block, see Baharagora block. For its namesake village, see Baharagora.

Baharagora Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2]

Baharagora
Constituency No. 44 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	East Singhbhum
LS constituency	Jamshedpur
Established	2000
Total electors	2,25,068
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samir Mohanty
Party	JMM
Elected year	2019

Overview

According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India, Bahargora Assembly constituency covers Baharagora and Chakulia police stations. Baharagora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Baharagora constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
Before 1957: see Ghatsila cum Baharagora constituency
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
1962	Jhareswar Ghosh		Independent politician
1967	Shibu Ranjan Khan
1969
1972			Indian National Congress
1977	Bishna Pada Ghosh
1980	Devipada Upadhayay		Communist Party of India
1985
1990
1995
2000	Dinesh Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Year	Member	Party
2005	Dinesh Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Bidyut Baran Mahato		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014	Kunal Sarangi
2019	Samir Mohanty

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baharagora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Swapan Kumar Mahato
	JMM	Samir Mohanty
	BJP	Dineshananda Goswami
	BSP	Sanat Kumar Mahato
	NCP	Ashok Mahato
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baharagora^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Samir Mohanty	106,017	61.99%	26.22
	BJP	Kunal Sarangi	45,452	26.58%	0.28
	CPI(M)	Swapan Kumar Mahato	8,167	4.78%	1.89
	CPI	Sanat Kumar Mahato	2,249	1.32%	1.77
	Independent	Durgapada Ghosh	2,049	1.20%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,797	1.05%	0.55
Margin of victory			60,565	35.41%	25.94
Turnout			1,71,017	75.98%	0.02
Registered electors			2,25,068		5.53
	JMM hold		Swing	26.22

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Baharagora^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Kunal Sarangi	57,973	35.77%	7.32
	BJP	Dineshananda Goswami	42,618	26.29%	4.31
	JVM(P)	Samir Mohanty	42,130	25.99%	New
	CPI	Sanat Kumar Mahato	5,007	3.09%	New
	CPI(M)	Swapan Kumar Mahato	4,679	2.89%	1.55
	INC	Debi Shankar Dutta	3,559	2.20%	4.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,591	1.60%	New
	SP	Dhirendra Nath Vera	1,265	0.78%	New
	AMB	Gopi Nath Munda	1,128	0.70%	New
	BSP	Ganesh Poddar	1,080	0.67%	0.09
Margin of victory			15,355	9.47%	3.01
Turnout			1,62,080	76.00%	0.03
Registered electors			2,13,264		17.96
	JMM hold		Swing	7.32

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baharagora^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Bidyut Baran Mahato	59,228	43.09%	7.49
	BJP	Dinesh Sarangi	42,074	30.61%	7.43
	AJSU	Samir Mohanty	11,465	8.34%	New
	INC	Shyamal Kumar Khan	9,180	6.68%	New
	CPI(M)	Swapan Kumar Mahato	6,098	4.44%	3.25
	AITC	Saroj Kumar Mahapatra	2,739	1.99%	New
	Independent	Dhirendra Nath Bera	2,676	1.95%	New
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)	Joba Rani Baskey	1,360	0.99%	New
	RJD	Omkar Nath Jaiswal	1,150	0.84%	New
	BSP	Daman Chandra Bhakat	788	0.57%	New
	Independent	Dineshwar Dubey	704	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			17,154	12.48%	10.05
Turnout			1,37,462	76.03%	2.73
Registered electors			1,80,792		2.61
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	5.05

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baharagora^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinesh Sarangi	51,753	38.03%	10.80
	JMM	Vidyut Varan Mahato	48,441	35.60%	9.54
	CPI(M)	Swapan Kumar Mahato	10,459	7.69%	4.90
	Independent	Samir Mohanty	9,411	6.92%	New
	CPI	Rabindra Nath Das	9,043	6.65%	13.10
	Independent	Sarala Mahato	2,515	1.85%	New
	Independent	Murari Mohan Mahato	1,338	0.98%	New
	NLP	Antaryami Upadhyay	925	0.68%	New
	Independent	Jawa Rani Baskey	710	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			3,312	2.43%	1.26
Turnout			1,36,068	73.30%	4.69
Registered electors			1,85,629		14.92
	BJP hold		Swing	10.80

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Baharagora^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinesh Sarangi	30,186	27.24%	New
	JMM	Bidyut Baran Mahato	28,885	26.06%	New
	INC	Devipada Upadhyay	24,722	22.31%	New
	CPI	Rabindra Nath Das	21,888	19.75%	New
	CPI(M)	Dibakar Mardi	3,092	2.79%	New
	Independent	Bhut Nath Patra	1,375	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			1,301	1.17%
Turnout			1,10,828	69.30%
Registered electors			1,61,523
	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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). East Singhbhum District Page 169-170, Extent of Parliamentary constitutencies Page 174. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
4. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

• Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India

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