Kanke Assembly constituency

Kanke
Kanke
Constituency No. 65 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranchi
Established	2000
Total electors	415,081
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Suresh Kumar Baitha
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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

Most successful parties after separate Jharkhand state.

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Election	Member
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1967: Constituency did not exist
1967	J. N. Choubey	Jan Kranti Dal
1969	Ram Tahal Chaudhary	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Ram Tahal Chaudhary	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Hira Ram Toofani	Janata Party
1980	Ram Ratan Ram	Indian National Congress
1985	Hari Ram	Indian National Congress
1990	Ram Chandra Baitha	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Ram Chandra Baitha
2000	Ram Chandra Nayak
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Ram Chandra Baitha	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Ram Chandra Baitha
2014	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram
2019	Sammari Lal
2024	Suresh Kumar Baitha	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	133,499	43.47%	8.30
	BJP	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram	1,32,531	43.16%	0.88
	JLKM	Phuleshwar Baitha	25,965	8.46%	New
	CPI	Santosh Kumar Rajak	3,157	1.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,588	1.17%	0.13
Margin of victory			968	0.32%	8.55
Turnout			3,07,093	63.74%	2.48
Registered electors			4,81,815		16.08
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.57

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sammari Lal	111,975	44.04%	11.65
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	89,435	35.17%	8.27
	AJSU	Ramjeet Ganjhu	29,127	11.46%	New
	JVM(P)	Kamlesh Ram	10,391	4.09%	New
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Nag	1,678	0.66%	New
	LJP	Shankar Prasad	1,549	0.61%	New
	Rashtriya Jaihind Party	Santosh Kumar	1,442	0.57%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,313	1.30%	0.07
Margin of victory			22,540	8.86%	19.92
Turnout			2,54,259	61.26%	1.45
Registered electors			4,15,081		19.48
	BJP hold		Swing	11.65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram	115,702	55.69%	24.39
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	55,898	26.90%	1.23
	JMM	Ashok Kumar Nag	17,411	8.38%	2.85
	CPI	Subedar Ram	4,735	2.28%	New
	AITC	Niranjan Kalindi	1,968	0.95%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Rajak	1,630	0.78%	New
	Independent	Vijay Ram	1,303	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,851	1.37%	New
Margin of victory			59,804	28.78%	25.62
Turnout			2,07,762	59.81%	16.21
Registered electors			3,47,392		4.77
	BJP hold		Swing	24.39

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramchandra Baitha	45,245	31.30%	17.29
	INC	Suresh Kumar Baitha	40,674	28.14%	New
	JMM	Sammari Lal	16,228	11.23%	25.47
	Independent	Ramjeet Ganjhu	9,335	6.46%	New
	AJSU	Shanti Devi	9,091	6.29%	New
	Independent	Arjun Kumar Ram	4,559	3.15%	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Dal	Ajay Rajak	3,596	2.49%	New
Margin of victory			4,571	3.16%	8.74
Turnout			1,44,559	43.60%	16.67
Registered electors			3,31,582		57.89
	BJP hold		Swing	17.29

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Kanke^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramchandra Baitha	61,502	48.59%	2.41
	JMM	Sammari Lal	46,443	36.69%	31.88
	Independent	Ramjeet Ganjhu	12,521	9.89%	New
	RJD	Ghuran Ram	8,906	7.04%	20.02
	Independent	Balram Pradhan	3,985	3.15%	New
	Independent	Bibhash Chandra Ranjan	3,392	2.68%	New
	BSP	Rijhu Nayak	2,230	2.09%	New
Margin of victory			15,059	11.90%	7.23
Turnout			1,26,575	60.27%	18.22
Registered electors			2,10,012		2.90
	BJP hold		Swing	2.41

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kanke^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Chandra Nayak	41,994	46.18%	*New*
	RJD	Sammari Lal	24,603	27.05%	New
	INC	Vikram Jai Kishore	11,679	12.84%	New
	JMM	Vindhyachal Ram	4,372	4.81%	New
	NCP	Hari Ram	4,187	4.60%	New
	CPI	Chuni Lal Nayak	2,314	2.54%	New
	SP	Sarjeev Mirdha	649	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			17,391	19.12%
Turnout			90,937	42.52%
Registered electors			2,16,280
	BJP win (new seat)