Manika Assembly constituency

Manika Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1][2] It was previously in Latehar Assembly constituency. In 1977 it was partitioned forming new 'Manika (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)'.

Manika
Constituency No. 73 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
LS constituency	Chatra
Established	2000
Total electors	238,041
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramchandra Singh
Elected year	2019

And after partition from Bihar, new state Jharkhand came into existence on 15 November 2000 and Manika Vidhansabha came under Jharkhand.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1977: Yamuna Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1980: Yamuna Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1985: Yamuna Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1990: Yamuna Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1995: Ramchandra Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal

Jharkhand

Election	Member	Party
2000	Yamuna Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Ramchandra Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Harikrishna Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Ramchandra Singh		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Manika

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Balwant Singh Chero			New

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Manika^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramchandra Singh	74,000	49.2799	27.58
	BJP	Raghupal Singh	57,760	38.46%	13.75
	NOTA	Nota	4,980	3.32%	0.33
	SP	Victor Kerketta	2,941	1.96%	New
	BSP	Hardayal Singh	2,476	1.65%	New
	Independent	Ram Lagan Singh	1,945	1.30%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Rajendra Singh	1,867	1.24%	New
	JVM(P)	Rajpal Singh	1,656	1.10%	New
	JD(U)	Budeswar Oraon	1,175	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			16,240	10.81%	9.97
Turnout			1,50,190	63.09%	3.32
Registered electors			2,38,041		11.29
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	24.57

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Manika^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harikrishna Singh	31,583	24.70%	2.72
	RJD	Ramchandra Singh	30,500	23.86%	5.92
	INC	Muneshwar Oraon	27,731	21.69%	1.80
	AITC	Neera Devi	6,326	4.95%	New
	JMM	Shilpa Kumari	5,975	4.67%	0.78
	Independent	Anita Minj	4,750	3.72%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,660	3.65%	New
	CPI	Ganesh Bhagat	4,027	3.15%	New
	Independent	Bachan Singh	2,981	2.33%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Raj Kumar Pahan	2,633	2.06%	New
	Independent	Umashankar Baiga	1,932	1.51%	New
Margin of victory			1,083	0.85%	1.24
Turnout			1,27,846	59.77%	4.17
Registered electors			2,13,888		40.20
	BJP hold		Swing	2.72

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Manika^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harikrishna Singh	18,645	21.98%	10.52
	INC	Rameshwar Oraon	16,876	19.90%	New
	RJD	Ramchandra Singh	15,214	17.94%	1.40
	Jharkhand Janadikhar Manch	Muneshwar Oraon	7,425	8.75%	New
	JMM	Amrit Joy Kujur	3,300	3.89%	8.23
	Independent	Janeshwar Singh	3,057	3.60%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Kanhai Singh	2,349	2.77%	0.06
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	Ajit Pal Kujur	2,240	2.64%	New
	Independent	Yamuna Singh	1,712	2.02%	New
	AJSU	Jitendra Singh	1,568	1.85%	New
	BSP	Sushila Devi	1,537	1.81%	0.16
Margin of victory			1,769	2.09%	5.14
Turnout			84,825	55.60%	1.61
Registered electors			1,52,558		36.21
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	2.64

Assembly election 2005

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2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Manika^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ramchandra Singh	26,460	19.34%	7.11
	JMM	Dr. Deepak Oraon	16,577	12.12%	8.12
	BJP	Yamuna Singh	15,680	11.46%	25.59
	CPI(ML)L	Jai Prakash Minj	3,709	2.71%	11.68
	BSP	Hardayal Singh	2,703	1.98%	0.05
	Independent	Jitendra Singh	2,548	1.86%	New
	Independent	Basudev Bhagat	2,536	1.85%	New
	LJP	Ramdhani Singh	2,067	1.51%	New
	Independent	Meri Teresa Lakra	1,201	0.88%	New
	Independent	Tuleshwar Oraon	997	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			9,883	7.22%	3.37
Turnout			1,36,824	57.21%	23.58
Registered electors			2,39,166		78.70
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	17.71

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manika^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yamuna Singh	16,674	37.05%	New
	RJD	Ramchandra Singh	11,905	26.45%	New
	INC	Rajeshwar Singh	7,239	16.08%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Jai Prakash Minj	6,477	14.39%	New
	JMM	Vinod Kumar Bhagat	1,799	4.00%	New
	BSP	Nirmal Lakra	911	2.02%	New
Margin of victory			4,769	10.60%
Turnout			45,005	34.34%
Registered electors			1,33,838
	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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