Lohardaga Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Witnessing tough fights between the two national parties, namely the Congress and the BJP, is the Parliamentary constituency of Lohardaga. It is one of the 14 parliamentary seats allotted to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. This constituency is reserved for ST candidates. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Lohardaga Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 12) were 981,666 of which 475,585 are females and 506,081 are males.

It is spread over a portion of the Ranchi district and the entire districts of Gumla and Lohardaga. Out of the five assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency of Lohardaga, Mandar and Lohardaga lie within the geographic boundaries of the Ranchi and Lohardaga districts, respectively. Each of the five assembly constituencies is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes candidates. These districts, which house the Lohardaga constituency, are part of the Red Corridor, owing to the massive number of Maoist insurgencies witnessed in these regions. Although this area is renowned for its rich mineral reserves such as bauxite and laterite, these districts of Gumla, Lohardaga and Ranchi have been identified as economically backward districts. These are thus being funded through the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Lohardaga Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Lohardaga Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Lohardaga parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Lohardaga constituency is Shri Sudarshan Bhagat of BJP.

List of Assembly Constituencies in Lohardaga Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Lohardaga parliamentary constituency.