Ramgarh, Jharkhand Assembly constituency

For the constituency in other states with the same name, see Ramgarh, Bihar Assembly constituency and Ramgarh, Rajasthan Assembly constituency.

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

Ramgarh
Constituency No. 23 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Hazaribagh
Established	2000
Total electors	313312
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mamta Devi
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Ramgarh cum Hazaribagh constituency
1957	Tara Prasad Bakshi		Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
	Rameshwar Manjhi
1962	Tara Prasad Bakshi		Swatantra Party
1967			Jan Kranti Dal
1969	Badulal Agarwal		Indian National Congress
1972	Manzurul Hassan Khan		Communist Party of India
1973^	Shahdun Nisha
1977	Bishwanath Choudhary		Janata Party
1980	Arjun Ram		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1985	Jamuna Prasad Sharma		Indian National Congress
1990	Arjun Ram		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1995	Shankar Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Sabir Ahmed Quaresi		Communist Party of India
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2001^	Babulal Marandi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		All Jharkhand Students Union
2009
2014
2019	Mamta Devi		Indian National Congress
2023^	Sunita Choudhary		All Jharkhand Students Union
2024	Mamta Devi		Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mamta Devi	89,818	34.51	6.65
	AJSU	Sunita Choudhary	83,028	31.90	18.91
	JLKM	Paneshwar Kumar	70,979	27.27	New
	BRJP	Nitesh Kumar Sinha	2,264	0.87	New
	Independent	Gautam Kumar Panda	1,760	0.68	New
	Independent	Pankaj Kumar	1,710	0.66	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,450	0.56	0.29
Margin of victory			6,790	2.61	7.04
Turnout			2,60,291	72.91	5.10
Registered electors			3,56,993		6.33
	INC gain from AJSU		Swing	16.30

Assembly by-election 2023

2023 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Ramgarh^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Sunita Choudhary	115,669	50.81	18.95
	INC	Bajrang Mahto	93,699	41.16	3.55
	Independent	Dhananjay Kumar Putush	2,794	1.23	New
	Independent	Ramawtar Mahto	2,697	1.18	New
	Independent	Ajit Kumar	2,100	0.92	New
	Independent	Ranjit Mahto	1,860	0.82	New
	NOTA	Nota	616	0.27	0.11
Margin of victory			21,970	9.65	3.19
Turnout			2,27,664	68.00	3.55
Registered electors			3,35,734		7.16
	AJSU gain from INC		Swing	6.10

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mamta Devi	99,944	44.70	22.31
	AJSU	Sunita Choudhary	71,226	31.86	17.21
	BJP	Rananjay Kumar @ Kuntu Babu	31,874	14.26	New
	Independent	Ajit Kumar @ Bablu Kushwaha	3,271	1.46	New
	CPI	Khurshid Ahmad Quraishi	2,084	0.93	1.36
	JD(U)	Sudit Kumar Singh	1,813	0.81	New
	BSP	Md Moin Uddin Ahmad	1,184	0.53	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	862	0.39	New
Margin of victory			28,718	12.84	13.83
Turnout			2,23,577	71.36	0.64
Registered electors			3,13,312		9.82
	INC gain from AJSU		Swing	4.36

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Chandra Prakash Choudhary	98,987	49.06	9.44
	INC	Shahzada Anwar	45,169	22.39	0.94
	JMM	Binod Kisku	25,721	12.75	9.17
	Independent	Shankar Chowdhury	7,888	3.91	New
	CPI	Bhognath Ohdar	4,627	2.29	0.22
	CPI(ML)L	Devki Nandan Bediya	3,381	1.68	New
	Independent	Dharmendra Prasad	3,042	1.51	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,331	0.66	New
Margin of victory			53,818	26.67	10.38
Turnout			2,01,755	70.72	3.09
Registered electors			2,85,285		23.40
	AJSU hold		Swing	9.44

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Chandra Prakash Choudhary	61,947	39.62	5.77
	INC	Shahzada Anwar	36,472	23.33	New
	BJP	Arjun Ram	30,166	19.29	10.38
	JMM	Rananjay Kumar	5,589	3.57	6.88
	CPI	Mangal Ohdar	3,927	2.51	16.62
	BSP	Rajendra Nayak	3,291	2.10	New
	AITC	Mohd. Alam	2,583	1.65	New
Margin of victory			25,475	16.29	1.58
Turnout			1,56,343	67.63	3.06
Registered electors			2,31,188		1.41
	AJSU hold		Swing	5.77

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Chandra Prakash Choudhary	51,249	33.85	New
	CPI	Nadra Bagum	28,970	19.14	8.79
	JMM	Chhedi Mahto	15,821	10.45	14.85
	Independent	Shankar Chowdhury	13,931	9.20	New
	BJP	Rakesh Prasad	13,493	8.91	34.48
	Independent	Arjun Ram	7,975	5.27	New
	CPI(ML)L	Devki Nandan Bediya	4,822	3.19	New
Margin of victory			22,279	14.72	0.75
Turnout			1,51,390	64.56
Registered electors			2,34,487
	AJSU gain from BJP		Swing	9.54

Assembly by-election 2001

2001 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Ramgarh^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Babulal Marandi	55,884	43.40	16.19
	CPI	Nadra Begum	35,966	27.93	12.82
	JMM	Arjun Ram	32,584	25.30	3.41
	INC	Jamuna Prasad Sharma	3,576	2.78	New
Margin of victory			19,918	15.47	9.50
Turnout			1,28,774
Registered electors			197086
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	3.32

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Jagdanand Singh	48,840	46.72	New
	CPI	Sabir Ahmed Quaresi Alias Bhera Singh	42,599	40.75	New
	JMM	Arjun Ram	30,013	28.71	New
	BJP	Shankar Chowdhury	28,442	27.21	New
	BSP	Malti Devi	24,299	23.24	New
	Samata Party	Prabhawati Devi	20,919	20.01	New
	RJD	Shahzada Anwar	7,427	7.10	New
Margin of victory			6,241	5.97
Turnout			1,04,538	61.83
Registered electors			1,70,872
	RJD win (new seat)

See also

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