Chatra (Jharkhand) Assembly Constituency Election Update

About Chatra Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Located in the district by the same name, the assembly constituency of Chatra belongs to Chatra Lok Sabha constituency. The seat has been occupied by RJD. Janardan Paswan of RJD won the 2009 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Subedar Paswan of BJP with a huge margin. Janardan Paswan bagged 67441 votes as against Subedar Paswan's 28886 votes. Having a population of 150,999, as per 2011 India census, the city is also the district headquarters. The constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes.

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Sitting and previous MLAs from Chatra Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Chatra assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	27	Chatra	(SC)	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta	M	BJP	69745	Satyanand Bhokta	M	JVMP	49169
2009	27	Chatra	(SC)	Janardan Paswan	M	RJD	67441	Subedar Paswan	M	BJP	28886
2005	27	Chatra	(SC)	Satyanand Bhokta	M	BJP	50332	Janardan Paswan	M	RJD	45650

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